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...that causes SARS: a mutation of the coronavirus that normally causes nothing more harmful than the common cold. Researchers averred that while the disease was contagious, it chiefly required close contact with an infected patient to be spread, most likely through respiratory droplets sprayed into the air by a cough or sneeze. Finally, quarantines were instituted in Singapore, Canada and, after much dithering, in Hong Kong, leading to predictions that the disease might be fenced in. For a few promising days, no new cases were reported in Singapore and Vietnam, and the number of new infections began to decline...
...catch SARS? Most cases seem to be passed on through direct, close contact. When people sneeze or cough, they send virus-laden droplets of fluid into the air, which others nearby inhale. SARS may also be spread through water or sewage or by touching contaminated objects, such as doorknobs...
What are the symptoms? The illness usually begins with a fever of 38C or higher (sometimes with chills), headache, body aches and malaise. Patients develop a dry cough and difficulty breathing; some get diarrhea. Most people start to recover after five or six days. If you don't have symptoms, can you still infect others? It's possible. Researchers don't know enough about SARS to say for sure, but in general, viruses can be passed on for several days before symptoms appear...
...have created some precautions as far as if people call up, they get asked questions about symptoms,” Rosenthal said. “If they say cough and fever, they are told how to get into the health center and immediately into a room, bypassing the waiting room...
Symptoms of SARS include a sudden onset of high fever, dry cough and shortness of breath, according...