Hong Kong is likely to drop a Sars alert, which has been in place since December, after a meeting today with Guangdong health officials to review measures to prevent the disease.
The level 1 alert - the lowest level - was raised on New Year's Eve after Guangdong reported a suspected Sars case in a television producer. Three other cases were detected in the next month.
'We have been on level 1 alert for some time now. Hong Kong and Guangdong will discuss the Sars situation and deactivate the alert,' a Department of Health spokesman said yesterday.
The Guangdong health department relaxed Sars contingency measures, more than a month after the fourth and last confirmed Sars case was announced on January 31.
Director of Health Lam Ping-yan will lead the Hong Kong delegation to the meeting in Guangzhou.
The six-member delegation, which includes Deputy Director of Health Leung Pak-yin and Hospital Authority senior executive manager Liu Shao-haei, will return to Hong Kong tomorrow.