Chinese medical experts warned local residents of a possible flu in
Beijing
in the Winter-Spring period,
China Youth Daily reports
Thursday.
The conclusion was made at the 2001 Beijing flu prevention and
treatment seminar being held in Beijing.
At
present, there is no effective medicine for flu. Prevention is of
great importance. The best choice to prevent the disease is to have
vaccine injection, said Guo Yuanji, director of the State Flu
Commission.
China has witnessed three large scale of flu that occurred in 1957,
1968 and 1977. Apart from the three national flu waves, Beijing was
hit by a minor flu in 1998, in which 10 percent of the Beijing
dwellers were affected.
( 09/14/2001)