Last night’s Beijing Evening News top headline was “[Beijing] prepares two million doses of Chinese medicine to fight H1N1”.
Xinhua also reported on the traditional Chinese drugs the city government says can successfully treat the virus formerly known as swine flu:
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) had proved effective for preventing and curing A/H1N1 flu in clinical tests, Beijing health authorities said Wednesday.
After five months’ scientific research, the effectiveness of TCM on A/H1N1 flu patients had been proved in clinical tests, said the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau.
The city has reserved 2 million TCM doses to fight against the flu.
“The Beijing municipal government has invested 10 million yuan (1.4 million U.S. dollars) to test the effectiveness and safety of TCM to treat A/H1N1 flu since May,” said Zhao Jing, head of Beijing Administration of TCM.
Zhao said as of Sept. 1, 326 of 845 confirmed cases of A/H1N1 in Beijing had been cured with TCM treatments.
“It has proved very effective to use TCM and a combination of TCM and Western medicine to treat A/H1N1 flu patients,” Zhao said.
The large photo on the front page of the Beijing Evening News shows props that will be used for the National Day parade rehearsals today and tomorrow.
The caption says that the props have gone through a security inspection. Props that have passed the inspection have all been placed into bags that are sealed and cannot be opened until they are used.
- Beijing Evening News (Chinese): [Beijing] prepares two million doses of Chinese medicine to fight H1N1
- Xinhua: China says traditional medicine effective on A/H1N1 flu patients