April 24, 2004
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17:49 22 April 04
NewScientist.com news service
Months after it seemed to have died out, SARS has returned to China. Beijing authorities reported on Thursday that a woman who has already been in intensive care for eight days in Beijing has the disease.
And Hong Kong authorities say Chinese health officials have informed them of a second case in the more southerly province of Anhui. Five people who were in close contact with the case in Beijing have developed fevers, and 171 more people who contacted the patient have been isolated.
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