IN CHINA At least 18 people, most of them in Guangdong Province, died in a month last year after they ingested contaminated medicine.
I think this is related, the WHO did trace SARs back there after the AIDs outbreak:
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A group of people with HIV urged the government Wednesday to protect the rights of patients diagnosed with severe acute respiratory syndrome.
The group, members of which contracted the AIDS virus in the 1980s from tainted blood products,, said it is concerned that public fears over SARS, which is spreading worldwide but has yet to be confirmed in Japan, will spark discrimination against sufferers.
The hemophiliacs, the next of kin of patients who have died and their supporters made a written request to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry on the matter.
They said they have suffered not only HIV/AIDS from the contaminated blood products but also social prejudice and discrimination.
They urged the ministry to ensure that local governments and medical institutions respect the rights of SARS patients and be prepared to accept them or offer advice, according to the request.
They also called for a careful examination of the seriousness and infectious power of the disease now that the ministry has newly designated SARS as an infectious disease for the first time under a law authorizing it to forcibly hospitalize patients.
The victims contracted HIV mainly from the now-defunct Green Cross Corp. blood products and, in a series of cases since 1989, sued the government over its failure to prevent the disaster.
Japan visit postponed
SHIZUOKA (Kyodo) The mayor of Zhuhai in China's Guangdong Province has postponed his visit to Japan due to the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome in the region, officials said Wednesday.
Mayor Wang Shunsheng and his entourage had been slated to arrive in Japan on Monday to participate in a cultural exchange with the city of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture. They informed Atami on Friday they wanted to postpone the trip, the officials said.
Wang and his group were to visit Atami on Thursday after making a tour of businesses in Tokyo.
The group had planned sightseeing trips, including to Kyoto, before returning home Monday.
Last week, the World Health Organization issued a rare advisory urging travelers to avoid Guangdong and Hong Kong due to the SARS epidemic.
The Japan Times: April 10, 2003
>>>>The victims contracted HIV mainly from the now-defunct Green Cross Corp.
See post 55 for Green Cross Corp's latest business name.
Hmmmm. was the Chinese SARS outbreak actually posioning, or did poisoning lower the resistance to SARS? I suppose we’ll never actually know.