[aristeides]

Article in today's Washington Times seems to say it's a new strain of pneumonia: Americans sequestered amid fears of infection .

[Mother Abigail]

Hospital diagnoses Finnish patient as having SARS

Microbiological tests fail to give 100% confirmation

A middle-aged woman suffering from pneumonia symptoms after returning from a trip to Vietnam is believed to have the dangerous Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS, which broke out recently in East Asia.

[Mother Abigail]

First suspected case of SARS in France

The patient, who is being treated in a hospital at Orleans, central France, had recently returned from Vietnam, which is one of the locations that has been worst affected by the epidemic, he said.

Two other people who were on the same trip to Vietnam are under observation, he said.

[CathyRyan]

One of the seven was a Hong Kong resident whose illness spread to dozens of employees at the Prince of Wales Hotel in that city.

I bet that should read Prince of Wales Hospital..

[Mother Abigail]

20mar03

FOUR new cases of the deadly pneumonia that has broken out around the world are being investigated in Australia.

[Mother Abigail]

March 20 , 2003 21:54PM

Three More Down With SARS In
S'pore, Toll Hits 34

SINGAPORE, March 20 (Bernama) --

Three more people have been infected with atypical pneumonia or Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Singapore, bringing the total number struck by the killer virus to 34, the Health Ministry said Thursday.

The three additional patients reported today comprise family members and friends of patients.
Of the 34 people infected, five are in serious condition, while two have been discharged.