Mystery illness in Chinese city not Sars, say authorities
by Associated Press in Beijing from Science | The Guardian on (#4XERN)
Fears of new epidemic after people taken to hospital in Wuhan with viral pneumonia
A mysterious respiratory illness that has infected dozens of people in a central Chinese city is not Sars, local authorities have said.
The 2002-03 epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome started in southern China and killed more than 700 people. Fears of a recurrence arose this month after a number of people were taken to hospital with unexplained viral pneumonia in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province.
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