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To: TobagoJack who wrote (31615)	4/16/2003 8:26:01 AM
From: Box-By-The-Riviera™	Respond to of 74559

Oh Canada! amazing isn't it? almost like finding a cure for acid reflux

To: TobagoJack who wrote (31615)	4/16/2003 9:40:20 AM
From: pezz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Very early morning report; Hafta have some SARS exposure Bought a trench and a half of APT @ average 2.56

To: TobagoJack who wrote (31615)	4/16/2003 10:11:19 AM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

SARS Death Toll Rises as Virus Spreads to Family Members WHO Says China's Military Has Unreported SARS Cases Associated Press As Asia reported another seven deaths from SARS and health authorities struggle to contain its spread, the deadly disease is tragically attacking a bedrock institution: the family. In Hong Kong, three babies, delivered by Caesarean section after their mothers were badly infected, were displaying SARS-like fevers and breathing problems, doctors said Wednesday. The infants had not been positively diagnosed with SARS and their premature births may be complicating their conditions. One of the mothers died not long after surgery. The two other women remain hospitalized. The vulnerability of families to severe acute respiratory syndrome was underscored further when the global death toll rose Wednesday to at least 161 and Singapore announced its latest fatality -- a female physician whose cardiologist daughter died of SARS last week. Singaporean officials also said a man who died Tuesday was the uncle of a woman who brought the virus back from Hong Kong in February. She remains hospitalized after unknowingly spreading the illness to dozens -- including both her parents and her pastor, all three of whom died. Her brother and grandmother have been hospitalized. Also Wednesday, China's hard-hit animals -- answering a question that had been left hanging following earlier such tests in North America. But, the virus is nonetheless "something that is new to science," said Malik Peiris, a microbiologist at the university. Asked about the possibility that the virus was man-made, Mr. Peiris said there was no chance of that. "That whole genome is essentially new," he said. "Nature has been the terrorist throwing up this virus." Researchers at a Singapore government-run institute are reportedly almost ready to begin trials of a test to detect the presence of SARS in a patient's blood before the onset of symptoms. China's Numbers At the United Nations in New York, a senior World Health Organization official said SARS could be a disease that is here to stay, like tuberculosis or malaria. But doctors won't know for sure until they fully understand what's going on in China -- which has been accused of hiding the extent of the problem within its borders. Alan Schnur, head of communicable disease control in WHO's Beijing office, said Wednesday he estimates the city of Beijing has 100 to 200 cases of the deadly SARS virus -- far more than the 37 publicly reported. The government has reported four deaths in the Chinese capital. "What's dangerous about this is we don't know its potential," said Dr. David Heymann, head of WHO's Communicable Diseases Cluster. "For the present, everything hinges on what we find out in China, as far as our projections." WHO investigators said Wednesday that China has previously unreported cases of SARS in military hospitals in Beijing and has barred release of details about them. The investigators who visited two military hospitals in Beijing said they saw SARS patients there and received data on new cases. But they wouldn't say how many patients there were, and said Chinese officials had told them not to release other information. The announcement at a news conference by the WHO team members contradicted earlier statements by senior Chinese officials that they had reported all of the country's SARS cases, including those in military hospitals. China has reported more than 1,300 cases of infection. WHO investigators blamed the discrepancy on a "reporting problem" in the Chinese system, in which the military hasn't been informing civilian authorities about its cases. Outsiders have accused China of underreporting cases and possibly suppressing information, but WHO investigators didn't say they considered the newly disclosed cases evidence of a coverup. Members of the team paid visits Tuesday to the Nos. 301 and 309 military hospitals in Beijing, where there were rumored to be unreported cases. Henk Bekedam, the WHO representative in Beijing, said the data received there by the team "corresponds to rumors" about additional SARS cases, but he didn't elaborate. A senior Chinese military surgeon said last week in an unusual break with traditional secrecy that Beijing had several times as many SARS cases as had been reported. Global Attempts to Contain the Virus Mainland China has reported 65 deaths, Hong Kong 61, Singapore 14 and Canada 13. Vietnam has had five deaths, Thailand two and Malaysia one. In Canada, health officials said they had linked 31 possible SARS cases, including members of a religious community and two physicians, to the funeral of a SARS victim. Officials only determined the man had the disease after the funeral. The 500 members of the Toronto group and 100 people who worked with some of them were told to go into quarantine for 10 days in case they were exposed. In South Korea, Foreign Minister Yoon Young Kwan skipped a cabinet meeting after returning from a visit to China. An official said Mr. Yoon is healthy but did not want to risk transmitting SARS to the President Roh Moo Hyun. New York's Chinatown has also been hit by SARS fears. Even though there have been no reported cases there, groups have canceled tours and merchants have watched their trade dry up, said Shao-Chee Sim, director of research for the Asian American Federation of New York. In Honolulu, a cruise ship refused to let four Hong Kong people aboard. None of the four showed SARS symptoms when they tried to board the Norwegian Star on Sunday. The Norwegian Cruise Line said passengers from SARS-hit countries like China, Singapore, and Vietnam, must be free of symptoms for 10 days before they will be allowed to join a cruise. Copyright (c) 2003 The Associated Press online.wsj.com