Country to build epidemic watchdog facility in Zambia
China will build its second Africa-based overseas surveillance center for epidemic diseases in Zambia as part of efforts to prevent infectious disease entering China, the top quality watchdog said on Wednesday.
The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine is looking to establish the center at the China-Zambia Friendship Hospital under the State-owned China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group to intensify disease prevention and control at the border, said Song Yueqian, deputy head of supervision of health quarantine, said at a conference.
"After a preliminary study, we found the hospital met the requirements for becoming an overseas sentinel surveillance center, and we will initiate talks with company executives to build the center as soon as possible," Song said.
