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1/15/2007 6:57:00 AM
CEBU, Philippines (AP)--Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged to step up efforts to prevent bird flu in his country, promising Monday to wage an effective and transparent fight against the disease. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
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?The Chinese government takes the prevention and control of avian influenza seriously,? Wen said in a speech to leaders at a regional summit in the central Philippine city of <st1:City><st1lace>Cebu</st1lace></st1:City>. <o></o>
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?It runs an open and transparent information releasing system and is successful and timely in preventing the spread of avian influenza,? Wen said. <o></o>
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<st1:country-region><st1lace>China</st1lace></st1:country-region> has been trying to overcome a reputation of foot-dragging in cooperating on investigating emerging diseases such as bird flu and severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS. <o></o>
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Wen emphasized that <st1:country-region><st1lace>China</st1lace></st1:country-region> was ready to work with other countries in the region to ?effectively resolve the avian influenza issue.? <o></o>
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His remarks come in the heart of winter, when bird flu typically spreads as temperatures drop during flu season. Last week, Chinese state media said that a farmer in the eastern <st1lace><st1laceType>province</st1laceType> of <st1laceName>Anhui</st1laceName></st1lace> fell ill in December but had fully recovered - the country?s first reported case in six months. <o></o>
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Wen said <st1:country-region><st1lace>China</st1lace></st1:country-region> needed to ?enhance capacity building, take scientific and standard steps and share research advances and experience in prevention and control.? <o></o>
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?At present, priority should be to prevent the transmission of avian influenza to human beings,? he said without giving details. <o></o>
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While most human infections have been traced to contact with sick birds, some experts fear the bird flu virus could mutate into a strain easily passed between humans and spark a global pandemic. <o></o>
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Priority needs to be given to information sharing, vaccine research, technological exchanges and the control of cross-border exchanges, Wen said.<o></o>
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1/15/2007 6:57:00 AM
CEBU, Philippines (AP)--Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged to step up efforts to prevent bird flu in his country, promising Monday to wage an effective and transparent fight against the disease. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
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></o>?The Chinese government takes the prevention and control of avian influenza seriously,? Wen said in a speech to leaders at a regional summit in the central Philippine city of <st1:City><st1
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lace>China</st1lace></st1:country-region> was ready to work with other countries in the region to ?effectively resolve the avian influenza issue.? <o></o><o
></o>His remarks come in the heart of winter, when bird flu typically spreads as temperatures drop during flu season. Last week, Chinese state media said that a farmer in the eastern <st1
lace><st1laceType>province</st1laceType> of <st1laceName>Anhui</st1laceName></st1lace> fell ill in December but had fully recovered - the country?s first reported case in six months. <o></o><o
></o>Wen said <st1:country-region><st1
lace>China</st1lace></st1:country-region> needed to ?enhance capacity building, take scientific and standard steps and share research advances and experience in prevention and control.? <o></o><o
></o>?At present, priority should be to prevent the transmission of avian influenza to human beings,? he said without giving details. <o
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></o>While most human infections have been traced to contact with sick birds, some experts fear the bird flu virus could mutate into a strain easily passed between humans and spark a global pandemic. <o
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> </o>Priority needs to be given to information sharing, vaccine research, technological exchanges and the control of cross-border exchanges, Wen said.<o
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