Guangdong's Provincial Health Department has denied reports that an outbreak of communicable diseases, including SARS and bird flu, has hit Guangzhou city.

Officials with the Guangdong Provincial Health Department and Guangzhou Municipal Health Bureau made the denials on Sunday, in response to reports in Hong Kong media that tens of patients suffering from high fever with unknown causes have been sent to Guangzhou 8th Hospital, the city's largest hospital specializing in infectious diseases.

The reports surmised that the patients may be suffering from bird flu or SARS. And many correspondents from the Hong Kong and Macao media crowded around the hospital gate for further news.

However, the director of the Guangzhou 8th Hospital, Tang Xiaoping denied the story, confirming that the hospital had not received any such high fever patient with unknown causes.

Data from the municipal disease control and prevention center also testified that there is no bird flu outbreak in the city, a statement later reaffirmed by Liao Xinbo, a deputy with the Guangdong provincial health department.

However, Liao said the government will be sure to inform the public should such an outbreak occur. The provincial government will also communicate with counterparts in Hong Kong for a joint campaign in preventing the disease from spreading.

Responding to recent stories, he condemned the fabrication of news.

广东省卫生部对有关报道称广州市爆发了传染病（包括SARS和禽流感）的说法已予以了否认。

星期六，广东省卫生部及广州市卫生局的官员们对香港媒体的报道做出回映，对该媒体的报道予以否认。据香港媒体称，数十名由不名原因引起的高烧患者已经被送往广州市最大的传染病医院——广州第八医院。报道猜测患者可能患了禽流感或SARS。因此许多香港和澳门媒体的记者云集在该医院大门口以便得到进一步的消息。　　然而，广州第八医院院长唐晓平否定了该香港媒体的说法，并确定医院没有接收任何这样的由不明原因引起的高烧患者。　　来自广州市疾病控制及防治中心的资料也表明，该市没有禽流感爆发。广东省卫生部副部长廖新波随后重申了这一声明。　　但廖副部长讲到，如果有这样的疫情爆发，省政府一定会通告公众，省政府还会与香港方面联系采取共同行动，阻止疾病的蔓延。　　他谴责了最近这些虚假的新闻消息。