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December 17, 2003

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It looks like SARS may be making a comeback for winter.

10:03 17Dec2003 RTRS-Taiwan says lab worker shows SARS symptoms

TAIPEI, Dec 17 (Reuters) - A laboratory worker at a hospital in Taipei has showed positive signs of SARS, a Taiwan health official said on Wednesday. The Department of Health is scheduled to hold a news conference at 0300 GMT.

The patient is a worker at a general hospital in Taipei and has been transferred to a hospital equipped to handle SARS cases, the official who declined to be identified, said by telephone.

In September, Singapore reported the world's first SARS victim in three months after a 27-year-old Singaporean medical student most probably caught the virus in an accident at a Singapore government-run laboratory that researches the deadly disease.

Taiwan had the world's third worst outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) earlier this year, but no fresh cases were reported after June. Thirty-seven people died directly from the respiratory disease in Taiwan and another 37 local deaths were related to SARS. Worldwide, SARS killed more than 800 people this year.

UPDATE Now it's official. Courtesy of Reuters:

10:59 17Dec2003 RTRS-TAIWAN'S HEALTH MINISTRY CONFIRMS SARS CASE

11:03 17Dec2003 RTRS-TAIWAN HELATH MINISTRY SAYS SARS PATIENT PROBABLY CAUGHT VIRUS IN LAB

11:09 17Dec2003 RTRS-TAIWAN HEALTH OFFICIAL SAYS PATIENT VISITED SINGAPORE ON DEC 7-10 TO JOIN SEMINAR

Right, Taiwan and Singapore off list of places to visit.

 posted by Simon on 12.17.03 at 10:49 AM in the




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why on earth would taiwan or singapore be ON your list of places to visit in the first place?

 posted by: english on 12.18.03 at 10:54 AM [permalink]




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