[Mother Abigail]

Reuters ^

Posted on 03/18/2003 2:07 AM PST by per loin

Hong Kong Pneumonia Cases Rise to 123

Tue March 18, 2003 04:23 AM ET

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The number of people in Hong Kong infected by an unidentified pneumonia rose to 123 on Tuesday, up from 95 a day earlier, a Hospital Authority official said.
Of these victims, 111 are suffering a severe form of pneumonia, compared with 83 on Monday, said Ko Wing-man, a director at the authority.

The mysterious respiratory disease, known as severe acute respiratory syndrome and believed to have originated in China late last year, has killed nine people and made hundreds sick here, in Vietnam, Singapore, Canada, Taiwan.

[ksen]

I wonder how long people are contagious before their symptoms start to show.