Yao Ruomei (L), a doctor with the Dongzhimen Hospital in Beijing, hugs her husband after being discharged from isolation on May 15. On April 28, the Dongzhimen Hospital became the first traditional Chinese medicinal hospital isolated for SARS prevention. The isolation was   lifted on May 15. No more SARS cases were reported during the isolation period. (Xinhua photo)

Wang Shucheng, the director with the Beijing Branch of the Xinhua News Agency, briefs the points for attention to two Xinhua reporters, Tang Zhaoming (3rd R) and Wang Sihai (2nd R), who will enter the Xuanwu Hospital to cover news on SARS.

Two reporters of the Xinhua News Agency, Wang Jianmin (C) and Sun Yanxin (R), dressed in the newly-developed protective suits of high permeability, are ready to enter the isolation wards to cover news.　(Xinhua photo)

On May 15, a patient, who has fully recovered, takes a shower before being discharged from the hospital. The first group of seven recovered SARS patients, transferred to the hospital on May 1 and May 3 respectively, were discharged from the Xiaotangshan Hospital that day. Specialists believe that they have met the discharge standtards set by the Chinese Ministry of Health.  (Xinhua photo)

The students of the Donghua University in Shanghai show the excellent placards on SARS on May 15. They express their awareness of the SARS storm with their own artistic design inspiration. (Xinhua photo)