Australia Monday provided 100,000 Australian dollars (65,000 US
dollars) in anti-SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) aid to
China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The Australian embassy in China publicized the donation via a press
release.
An
ambulance for transporting SARS patients and training programs for
contagious diseases have been attached to the assistance, the news
release said.
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer announced in May that
Australia will offer 500,000 Australian dollars (325,000 US
dollars) worth of medical assistance to China via the World Health
Organization (WHO), the release said.
Australia has provided 120,000 Australian dollars (775,000 US
dollars) worth of aid to the WHO to back the Asian Pacific region's
fight against the SARS epidemic, the release said.
(Xinhua News Agency June 17, 2003)
