On April 18, the office of the leading group for dealing with the type A hepatitis epidemic in Guiyang city held a press briefing to make public that Guiyang city had carried out all kinds of preventive measures in a positive and effective way. At present, the type A hepatitis epidemic was still in normal and steady situation. All the present patients were caused by the first generation infection. There was still no second generation patient. The situation of the epidemic development was gradually easing. The number of newly added patients continued to decrease. The present patients had been treated in a positive and effective way. All the patients were recovering with good prognosis.