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Sars 42 cases 2 more dead { April 6 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39659-2003Apr6.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39659-2003Apr6.html Hong Kong Reports 42 New Cases of SARS, 2 More Dead Reuters Sunday, April 6, 2003; 6:46 AM HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong government said on Sunday that a deadly respiratory virus had infected 42 more people in the territory, bringing the total number of cases to 842. Two more patients had died, taking the local death toll from the disease to 22, a government statement said. The pneumonia-like disease, which may have originated in southern China, hit the city in March and has been spread around the world by air travelers. Including the latest figures, the virus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, has killed more than 90 people worldwide and infected almost 2,600 others globally. © 2003 Reuters

200 sars cases misdiagnosed in china 4000 quarantined beijing { April 25 2003 } Beijing running out of drugs { April 29 2003 } Beijing sees sars peaking Beijing to cut sars hospitals { May 31 2003 } Cases honk kong level off { April 23 2003 } China fires officials coverup { April 20 2003 } China hiding sars { April 18 2003 } China sars fear epidemic { May 8 2003 } Chinese villagers riot burn quarantine center { April 29 2003 } Fewer infections { April 27 2003 } Millions trapped beijing { April 27 2003 } No sars billboard beijing [jpg] Outbreak exploding taiwan Outbreak plunges china economy { April 28 2003 } Peaked everywhere but china { April 28 2003 } Pneumonia outbreak honk kong Sars 4 29 03 [jpg] Sars 42 cases 2 more dead { April 6 2003 } Sars sparks riot { April 29 2003 } Taiwan 5 12 03 [jpg] Who lifts travel advisory { June 24 2003 } Who lifts travel warnings { May 23 2003 } Files Listed: 23

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