There was no report of any severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) case in the 24 hours

There was no report of any severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) case in the 24 hours from 10:00 a.m. Friday to 10:00 a.m. Saturday on the Chinese mainland, the Ministry of Health said in Beijing. According to reports from all localities, there have been neither clinically confirmed nor suspected SARS cases on the Chinese mainland since Aug. 16, when the last SARS patient on the mainland was discharged from hospital, said the ministry. The ministry resumed daily reporting on the epidemic disease onSept. 19.