BEIJING: Beijing hospitals are failing to record some possible SARS cases, leading to possible under-reporting of the size of the Chinese capital's outbreak, a World Health Organisation expert said yesterday. His comments came as China announced its lowest nationwide daily increase in infections in weeks.
The state media quoted Premier Wen Jiabao calling for stern enforcement of anti-SARS restrictions and said more than 300 local officials have been punished for negligence in disease fighting work. An official said foreign adoptions of Chinese children had been suspended amid warnings not to travel to the country.