SARS Found in Henan

April 18. It is reported by the official newspaper that SARS cases were found in central China’s Henan province. They are returning workers in Zhumadian, Nanyang and Kaifeng. The cases were found on April 16 and 17.

I summarize the situation by the official announcement – actually, the news report is always treated as official announcement since if the officials does not approve, the news cannot come out regarding these sensitive topics:

SARS Hainan: None

SARS Sichuan: 7 cases, 2 died

SARS Jilin: Two suspected case

The latest information on the official website of Ministor of Health is still the data of April 7:

Province/City Cases Death

Guangdong 1203 43

Shanxi 24 1

Beijing 19 4

Sichuan 4 1

Hunan 6 1

Shanghai 1 0

Guangxi 11 3

Total 1268 53

Source: News center, MOH. Data up to April 6

WHO data

Country: China

Cumulative number of case(s) 1482

Number of new cases since last WHO update 25

Number of deaths 65

Number recovered 1126

Local chain(s) of transmission Yes

Date of last report 18 Apr 2003

Source: WHO SARS Report of April 18

Beijing SARS Map

The following map is spreading quickly on the net and via emails. The circles denotes the infected areas. Note: I don’t think there are any solid evidence behind this map. Take it as rumor only.

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5 thoughts on “SARS Found in Henan

  1. The latest official figures, as reported by Ming Pao in Hong Kong at 3pm on Sunday, April 20.

    國務院新聞辦下午在新聞發布會上公布,截至18日,北京的肺炎個案由44 個大幅增至339個。

    公布稱,全國的非典型肺炎病例中,廣東1304例;北京339例;山西108例;內蒙古25例;廣西12例;湖南6例;四川5例;福建3例;上海及河南均為2例;寧夏1例。

    三十一個省市自累積病例達1807例,已有79人死亡。其中北京市累計報告非典型肺炎病例339例,另有402例疑似病例。目前死亡人數有18人﹐已經治愈出院的33人。

    在確診的人員中,醫務人員有24人,學生8人,外地人員28人﹐境外人士5人。疑似病例中﹐醫務人員41人﹐學生42人;外地人員21人;境外人士4人。

  2. SORRY TO BOTHER YOU AGAIN… CAN WE HAVE AN ENGLISH VERSION OF LUO’S COMMENT? THIS IS MY FIRST SEMESTER LEARNING CHINESE SO I CAN ONLY FIGURE OUT SOME CHARACTERS. THANKS.

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