New Chinese SARS case doesn't prove disease will be seasonal, experts say: Confirmation of a new case of SARS in China—the first non-laboratory acquired case in over half a year—is renewing concerns about the possible annual re-emergence of the potentially deadly and disruptive disease. But one case does not prove SARS will follow the pattern of influenza, experts insisted Monday.
SARS patient recovers, to leave hospital Thursday: The 32-year-old television producer in south China's Guangdong Province who has been confirmed as a SARS patient has fully recovered and will be discharged from hospital on Thursday.
China still a safe place to travel, says WHO: The World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday, Jan. 5, in Beijing that China is still a safe place to travel even though the suspected case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Guangdong was finally confirmed as diagnosed one.
China speeds up Sars civet cull: China has pledged to complete by Saturday the slaughter of animals suspected of spreading the Sars virus. The government has started killing thousands of civets in the southern province of Guangdong.
Palm-civets—The cute new face of SARS: New findings from China scientists have linked the genetic structure of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) afflicting an unnamed 32-year-old television producer in Guangdong Provice to a very cute breed of civets sold in the province as food. But China's plan to kill 10,000 of the animals as a SARS control measure has alarmed the World Health Organisation—which is cautioning that a messy slaughter could actually spread the disease—and outraged animal activists and pet lovers around the world, largely because of erroneous media reporting that identifies the animal in question as a cat.
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