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.
by Jian Shuo Wang on April 19, 2003 under Sars
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