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...sequestered pneumonia patients?with a suspected case of SARS on March 15. Test results indicated the man, who suffered from kidney disease, had the flu not pneumonia. He was discharged. In fact, he had SARS, and health officials now think that when he later visited family in the Amoy Gardens apartment complex, he passed the disease to his brother and sister-in-law?sparking a virulent outbreak among residents. Some 250 people in the apartment complex came down with SARS, giving the disease its first major beachhead in the general population...
...Another glitch was timing. The quarantine measures did not go into effect until March 31, three days after they were announced. That lag proved crucial. In the interim, SARS cases at Amoy Gardens soared from seven to 213, and before a lockdown could be implemented there, 113 families living in the complex packed their bags and fled. Instead of separating them from the rest of the city, health officials lost track of them...
...days later, authorities tightened up, sending remaining Amoy Garden residents to fully fledged quarantine facilities at four local summer camps and resorts. About half of the families who fled the complex had been located by the end of last week. But the Hong Kong Police Department is still tracking down the remaining 45 families. In some cases, they've yet to even learn the names of the missing residents...
...After training in some of Singapore's top kitchens, local chef Jimmy Chok opened Salt Restaurant at 94 Amoy Street, tel: (65) 6223 1266, a no-frills fusion eatery known for top-notch nosh. Chok's signature roast rack of lamb with garlic mash and jus persille is the highlight of the menu, while the steamed Chilean sea bass with preserved Chinese cabbage is a local favorite...
...waterfall, a bone-shaped wading pool for splashing, a grassy acre for chasing and racing, and fenced-in space for digging make California's PARADISE RANCH a canine country club. Karen Estudillo, pet parent of Yorkshire terrier Mikey and Amoy, a Maltese, says she is "guilt free" when she and her husband Tom leave the dogs at the hacienda-style Sun Valley ranch. "It looks like the animals have more fun than I do when...