China reports four new suspected SARS cases

Four new suspected cases of the potentially deadly SARS disease have been reported in the Chinese capital Beijing, the health…

Four new suspected cases of the potentially deadly SARS disease have been reported in the Chinese capital Beijing, the health ministry said this morning.

A Chinese woman suspected of having SARS died and two other people were confirmed to have contracted the virus in a chain of infection spread from a national research laboratory, the government said on Friday.

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