suspected sars case in china

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Suspected SARS case in China


AFP - A patient in a hospital in Guangzhou city in southern China is being treated as a suspected case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), the local health authority said.

"This suspected case has been reported to the health ministry. The ministry has to now send specialists to determine if it is indeed a SARS case," an official of the Guangdong provincial health bureau said.

With 5,327 cases and 349 deaths, China was the country most affected by the SARS epidemic which peaked earlier this year after first emerging in Guangdong province in late 2002.

Guangdong province had prepared stern measures to prevent the virus from spreading if it reappears, state media said on Thursday.

Throughout next month's Chinese New Year holiday - when millions go travelling - officials at the train station in the provincial capital of Guangzhou will check all passengers' temperatures, the Yangcheng Evening News had reported.





Those with body temperatures of 38 degrees Celsius or more will be prevented from boarding and instead sent directly to hospital for treatment, the paper said.

Passengers who have a temperature of at least 37.5 degrees Celsius, and who cough and have difficulty breathing, will also be pulled off trains for observation, according to the report.

SARS emerged in Guangzhou some time late last year and eventually spread to most corners of China as well as other parts of Asia and the world.



©AAP 2003