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SARS (Severe Acute Syndrome)
Title: SARS (Severe Acute Syndrome)
Category: Recreation & Sports / Health Care
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SARS (Severe Acute Syndrome)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory illness caused by
a corona virus. SARS was first reported in Asia in February 2003. Over the next few
months, the illness spread to more than two dozen countries in North America, South
America, Europe, and Asia before the SARS global outbreak of 2003. The main way that
SARS seems to spread is by close person-to-person contact, or is thought to be
transmitted when an infected person coughs …showed first 75 words of 1138 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1138 total…has the world's highest
infection rate outside mainland China. Since the outbreak began in March, Hong Kong
has recorded 184 deaths and 1 629 infections from SARS - a death rate of 11:29 percent.
Some experts have predicted the death rate may rise as high as 20 percent. Hospital
Authority director Ko Wing-man told the Post: "For the first time in Hong Kong, public
Western hospitals will incorporate Chinese medicine in the treatment of patients. This is a
historic breakthrough." - Sapa-DPA.
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