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ALMOST 8000 people had been quarantined in the Chinese capital Beijing after having close contact with SARS patients, state media reported.
As of 10:00am (1200 AEST) Sunday, a total of 7672 people had been quarantined while 1384 people had been discharged from quarantine, the Xinhua news agency reported.
It said quarantine measures were in place at a residential quarter of Renmin Hospital, a residential building of the Central University of Finance and Economics, three dormitory buildings in the Northern Jiaotong University and two dormitory buildings in Beijing Science and Technology Research Institute.
A construction site in Beijing's Dongcheng district was also isolated