Cooperation critical to control spread of SARS

During the Sunday session, they praised Taiwan's achievements in containing the outbreak.

Su Yi-jen (蘇益仁), a division chief at Taiwan's National Health Research Institute, said Taiwan has managed to achieve its goals of zero cross-border transmission and zero community transmission in SARS control.

Nevertheless, he said, Taiwan has lagged behind in the SARS virus research due to lack of advanced research facilities.

translated By Sofia Wu