The medical staff have been transferred from military hospitals to hospitals designated to treat patients suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, the Xinhua news agency said.

To date, 333 of the military medical personnel have arrived from Beijing, Shenyang and Jinan military areas in northern China to a SARS hospital located in Xiaotangshan, a suburb of Beijing, Xinhua said.

The hospital has 1,000 beds and needs 1,200 medical workers. The remaining military staff will be at their new posts by May 5, the report said.

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