BEIJING, May 6 (RIA Novosti) - The Chinese
authorities have allocated 5 billion yuan for measures to keep
the swine flu virus at bay, the Xinhua news agency reported on
Wednesday.
The country will continue to carry out medical
examinations of tourists from countries affected by the deadly
virus, and has now resolved to disinfect all vehicles and cargo
arriving from such states.
On May 2, Chinese medics put 25 Canadian students in a
weeklong quarantine, on the grounds that Canada has registered
the third highest number of cases, following the United States
and Mexico. None of them developed symptoms of swine flu so
far.
A total of 21 countries have officially reported almost
1,500 confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 infection and 31 deaths.
The Chinese government has also sent a chartered flight to
evacuate about 100 of its nationals from Mexico City and
Tijuana in northern Mexico. Direct flights between China and
Mexico were suspended on Saturday.
The Chinese health ministry was instructed to boost
research into swine flu vaccines and medicines, including those
based on traditional Chinese medicines.
First cases of selling fake anti-swine flu drugs have been
registered in the country. On Tuesday, Chinese border police
arrested a migrant worker from central China's Hunan Province,
who sold a "miracle" swine flu drug to crews of foreign ships
in Shanghai.
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