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Number of new SARS cases in China soars
Major Beijing hospital under quarantine
Thursday, April 24, 2003 Posted: 11:05 AM EDT (1505 GMT)
Beijing citizens start masking-up as SARS cases rise in the capital.
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Travel warnings to Beijing, China's Shanxi province and Toronto.
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CDC officials say there's still no remedy for SARS.
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New York's Chinatown worries about SARS.
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• Centers for Disease Control
• World Health Organization
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China's Ministry of Health added 125 new cases Thursday to the country's soaring tally of people suffering from SARS, and a major hospital in Beijing has been placed under quarantine in a bid to curb the spread of the deadly virus in the capital.
And Beijing officials sealed off one of the city's major hospitals in an apparent attempt to curb the spread of the ailment.
As of Thursday afternoon, China's official count stood at 2,422 with more than 750 of those cases in Beijing alone, according to the health ministry. Altogether, 110 people have died in mainland China since officials have been tracking the disease.
Those numbers don't count SARS cases in Hong Kong, but the World Health Organization put the number of Hong Kong cases at 1,458 with 105 death as of Wednesday. On Thursday, Hong Kong announced four new deaths from SARS, pushing its report of the death toll to 109, and said there were 30 new cases. (Fleeing the capital)
W.H.O. reported 4,288 SARS cases worldwide as of Wednesday.
China's reported count rose dramatically this week, after Beijing's mayor and the nation's health minister were fired on suspicion of covering up the extent of the SARS infection.
Although China's leadership has signaled the need for transparency, a CNN crew Thursday attempting to report on Beijing University People's Hospital being sealed off was temporarily detained and had videotapes confiscated.
At the hospital, officials initially quarantined all staff and patients, but later in the day, a hospital worker contacted over the phone said some patients suspected of being infected with SARS were transferred to other hospitals designated to handle SARS patients, while others remained at People's Hospital.
Ambulances could be seen entering and leaving the hospital grounds earlier in the day, although guards posted at the entrance would not answer questions or allow journalists to try to talk with officials.
Beijing has designated six hospitals to handle the SARS outbreak, but the People's Hospital is not one of them.
It was not clear if the hospital was sealed off because SARS cases were discovered there, or if the move came in response to a city-wide emergency order to seal off facilities and quarantine suspected patients as a preventive measure
Elementary and secondary schools were also closed in Beijing for two weeks starting Thursday, a step that could affect about 2 million students.
Beijing has said it would quarantine people and buildings infected, or suspected of being infected, with the SARS virus, the official Xinhua news agency said -- by force if necessary.
Canada bashes travel warning
In a dramatic bid to stem the spread of SARS, W.H.O. on Wednesday added Beijing, Shanxi province, and the Canadian city of Toronto to its list of places that should be avoided if possible. (Travel warning)
A "high magnitude of disease, a great risk of transmission locally outside the usual health workers" and the "exporting of cases," sparked the warning, said David Heymann, W.H.O.'s communicable disease executive director.
Earlier this month, W.H.O. advised against nonessential travel to China's southern Guangdong province, where the virus is believed to have originated, and neighboring Hong Kong.
While China has accepted the move, Canadian officials have lashed out, saying the international body overreacted and based its decision on incomplete information. (SARS warning angers Toronto
Major Beijing hospital under quarantine
Thursday, April 24, 2003 Posted: 11:05 AM EDT (1505 GMT)
Beijing citizens start masking-up as SARS cases rise in the capital.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Story Tools
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VIDEO
Travel warnings to Beijing, China's Shanxi province and Toronto.
PLAY VIDEO
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CDC officials say there's still no remedy for SARS.
PLAY VIDEO
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The economic impact of SARS is being felt globally.
PLAY VIDEO
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
New York's Chinatown worries about SARS.
PLAY VIDEO
RELATED
Interactive: SARS: A new epidemic
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
• SARS warning angers Toronto
• U.S. 'not out of the woods yet'
• SI.com: Major League Baseball issues SARS precautions
• Suspected victim: 'No, not me'
• Search for treatment
• SARS bug identified
• Special report: SARS outbreak
• MayoClinic.com: Dealing with the uncertainty
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
• Centers for Disease Control
• World Health Organization
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China's Ministry of Health added 125 new cases Thursday to the country's soaring tally of people suffering from SARS, and a major hospital in Beijing has been placed under quarantine in a bid to curb the spread of the deadly virus in the capital.
And Beijing officials sealed off one of the city's major hospitals in an apparent attempt to curb the spread of the ailment.
As of Thursday afternoon, China's official count stood at 2,422 with more than 750 of those cases in Beijing alone, according to the health ministry. Altogether, 110 people have died in mainland China since officials have been tracking the disease.
Those numbers don't count SARS cases in Hong Kong, but the World Health Organization put the number of Hong Kong cases at 1,458 with 105 death as of Wednesday. On Thursday, Hong Kong announced four new deaths from SARS, pushing its report of the death toll to 109, and said there were 30 new cases. (Fleeing the capital)
W.H.O. reported 4,288 SARS cases worldwide as of Wednesday.
China's reported count rose dramatically this week, after Beijing's mayor and the nation's health minister were fired on suspicion of covering up the extent of the SARS infection.
Although China's leadership has signaled the need for transparency, a CNN crew Thursday attempting to report on Beijing University People's Hospital being sealed off was temporarily detained and had videotapes confiscated.
At the hospital, officials initially quarantined all staff and patients, but later in the day, a hospital worker contacted over the phone said some patients suspected of being infected with SARS were transferred to other hospitals designated to handle SARS patients, while others remained at People's Hospital.
Ambulances could be seen entering and leaving the hospital grounds earlier in the day, although guards posted at the entrance would not answer questions or allow journalists to try to talk with officials.
Beijing has designated six hospitals to handle the SARS outbreak, but the People's Hospital is not one of them.
It was not clear if the hospital was sealed off because SARS cases were discovered there, or if the move came in response to a city-wide emergency order to seal off facilities and quarantine suspected patients as a preventive measure
Elementary and secondary schools were also closed in Beijing for two weeks starting Thursday, a step that could affect about 2 million students.
Beijing has said it would quarantine people and buildings infected, or suspected of being infected, with the SARS virus, the official Xinhua news agency said -- by force if necessary.
Canada bashes travel warning
In a dramatic bid to stem the spread of SARS, W.H.O. on Wednesday added Beijing, Shanxi province, and the Canadian city of Toronto to its list of places that should be avoided if possible. (Travel warning)
A "high magnitude of disease, a great risk of transmission locally outside the usual health workers" and the "exporting of cases," sparked the warning, said David Heymann, W.H.O.'s communicable disease executive director.
Earlier this month, W.H.O. advised against nonessential travel to China's southern Guangdong province, where the virus is believed to have originated, and neighboring Hong Kong.
While China has accepted the move, Canadian officials have lashed out, saying the international body overreacted and based its decision on incomplete information. (SARS warning angers Toronto
