WHO expects more SARS scares due to common symptoms: Many more suspected SARS cases are likely to emerge because the symptoms match those of common winter diseases, the World Health Organisation said on Friday as it investigated the latest case to surface in China.
China steps up Sars civet cull: Authorities in China's southern Guangdong province are trying to meet a Saturday deadline for the slaughter of thousands of civet cats.
Rats Hunted in SARS Episode in China; New Case Is Confirmed: The confiscation and slaughter of civets continued in Guangdong Province, where officials trying to prevent a new outbreak of SARS also unveiled plans for a "patriotic campaign" to eradicate rats. Meanwhile, health officials announced that a new "suspected" case of SARS had been confirmed in Guangdong. (NY Times free registration required.)
SARS-Wary China Fights Rats and Roaches: SARS-wary southern China mobilized a mass cleanup effort Thursday, sweeping streets, slaughtering more civets and targeting the "four dangers"—rats, roaches, flies and mosquitoes—in its attack on creatures it suspects of carrying the virus.
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