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No New SARS Cases or Deaths Reported in China
.healthcentral - ScoutNews ^ | June 04, 2003 | Robert Preidt

Posted on 06/04/2003 9:56:20 AM PDT by CathyRyan

For the first time since April, Chinese officials on Wednesday reported no new SARS cases or deaths and said there's been a large decrease in the number of SARS cases in Beijing.

But the World Health Organization greeted the news from China with skepticism, saying that China lacks credibility on its reporting of SARS, the Associated Press reports.

About 100 new cases of SARS were being reported each day in Beijing at the beginning of May. That dropped to about 50 a day by mid-May and decreased to single digits in recent days.

Beijing has had about half of China's reported 5,331 cases of SARS infections. The death toll in China stands at 334 people.

The situation in Taiwan and Hong Kong continues to improve. Hong Kong reported one new case of SARS, and Taiwan reported two new cases, the AP reports.

To date, SARS has infected at least 8,300 people and killed 773 in more than two dozen countries since it appeared in southern China last November.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: beijing; beiyuangardens; china; hongkong; reporting; sars
I just had to post this.
1 posted on 06/04/2003 9:56:20 AM PDT by CathyRyan
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ping
2 posted on 06/04/2003 10:03:48 AM PDT by CathyRyan
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They have it under control, so Russia just closed it's border...what's wrong with this picture?
3 posted on 06/04/2003 10:05:27 AM PDT by Judith Anne (The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.)
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They have it under control, so Russia just closed it's border...what's wrong with this picture?

Please post a link and/or the story for the closing of the border. Thanks in advance. Your posts are always appreciated.

4 posted on 06/04/2003 10:06:50 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (De tal palo, tal astilla.)
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Story is posted, keyword SARS. I'll go ping you.
5 posted on 06/04/2003 10:13:30 AM PDT by Judith Anne (The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
A story about closing the Russia/China border in Mongolia is here: Border closing between Russia and Mongolia (China)
6 posted on 06/04/2003 10:18:32 PM PDT by EternalHope (Boycott everything French forever.)
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Falun Gong 'held over Sars'. Guess the Chicoms are going to find ways to take advantage of the epidemic.
7 posted on 06/05/2003 9:04:24 AM PDT by aristeides
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New SARS disaster looms in Beijing
8 posted on 06/05/2003 10:53:15 AM PDT by riri
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Link to other thread on this: New SARS disaster looms in Beijing
9 posted on 06/05/2003 11:59:01 AM PDT by Prince Charles
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"New SARS disaster looms in Beijing"

Is the WHO ignoring this or do they even know about it? (Assuming that it is true)

10 posted on 06/05/2003 1:24:44 PM PDT by blam
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