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20:36, July 16, 2007 |
China''s newly-appointed Health Minister said an "improved local public health infrastructure" had ensured no epidemics had broken out in the areas affected by the flooding of the Huaihe River.
Chen Zhu, who is on an inspection tour of Anhui Province, the most severely flood-hit area, said, "Medical services, quality of drinking water and the diets of rural citizens have all improved," Chen said.
He said the new type rural cooperative medical system would be gradually extended and the expense will be mainly covered by the government.
"During the process, a financing system, a supervision system and some education and training are needed," Chen said when inspecting the disease prevention situation in the flood-hit area.
Meanwhile, local governments in Anhui Province are intensifying their efforts in disease prevention and disaster relief.
The personnel, material and technological preparation for coping with infectious diseases is in full swing, said a local official in Anhui Province.
However, the country''s disease prevention situation in this flood season is still severe.
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