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Scientists have identified a previously unknown virus in the coronavirus family as the primary cause of SARS. Coronaviruses often infect animals and until now caused only mild illness in people. It may turn out, however, that SARS results from simultaneous infection by several microbes...
...Virus Spreads...
...even the tiniest village has slapped up posters describing SARS symptoms and prevention measures, an indication that the Party network can be amazingly efficient if it's so inclined. On Friday, foreign tourists were barred from Tibet, one of many travel restrictions meant to curb the spread of the virus to SARS-free regions. China's central bank got in on the action by retaining all its used notes for 24 hours and disinfecting the tattered bills before sending them back out into circulation. The Party's central propaganda department has also been spinning madly, churning out songs extolling health...
...Equally worrisome, the virus is also proving to be more tenacious than the medical community had hoped. In Hong Kong, doctors reported that, for unclear reasons, 12 recovered SARS patients had relapsed weeks after they had been discharged?spurring fears that people may be infectious even after they've left isolation, which could spark new outbreaks in areas where SARS has been brought under control. That possibility becomes more ominous if, as some doctors suggest, there are some people who come down with SARS without showing symptoms?meaning they could unknowingly spread the disease far and wide even under...
...Virus Spreads...