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ASEAN LEADERS AGREE ON 6-POINT PLAN TO CONTROL SARS SPREAD.
BANGKOK, May 1 Asia Pulse - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) concluded its one-day summit on the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, agreeing on a six-point plan to control the outbreak of the deadly disease that have killed more than 350 people and infected 5,500 in nearly 30 countries.
The ten leaders, along with China Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, also agreed to impose rigid screenings of international travelers with strict pre-departure and arrival checks at airports and ports across the region.
The Asean leaders also announced an emergency international hotline on SARS, the employment of an Asean Emergency Health Fund that would institute, among other things, an exchange of information and research.
The measures, released in a joint statement by Asean and China, direct its health and other relevant ministers to:
- Undertake the exchange information on the latest developments of SARS, including its control and treatment and its related study and research, through linking China's SARS information network and the Asean SARS Containment Information Network, based on unified rules, standards and methods.
- Appoint a focal/contact point in every country for the routine exchange of information as part of a hotline network to facilitate communication in an emergency, carry out cooperative research and training programs focusing on SARS spread ...
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