"Taiwan to Bring Forward Anti-Flu Program to Help Battle SARS"

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In its continued fight against severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Taiwan has announced that it will push its influenza vaccination program to prevent flu, because it can be difficult to distinguish between flu and the early stages of SARS. Health Minister Chen Chien-jen noted, "If we can contain influenza, then it will be easier for us to diagnose SARS and to contain it." Taiwan is one of only two regions in the world that remain on the World Health Organization's watch list for the disease, though Taiwanese officials say that there have been no new reported cases for 13 days, a cause for cautious optimism.

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