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To: LindyBill who wrote (21719)	12/27/2003 3:01:02 AM
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Suspected SARS Case in China Saturday, December 27, 2003 HONG KONG — Chinese officials say a suspected case of SARS (search) has been found in the southern province of Guangdong, the region where the virus is believed to have originated, the World Health Organization (search) and Hong Kong's (search) health director said Saturday. If confirmed, it would be China's first case of severe acute respiratory syndrome since July. Beijing's Ministry of Health notified WHO on Friday afternoon that a journalist in the Guangdong provincial capital of Guangzhou might be suffering from SARS, WHO spokesman Peter Cordingley said by telephone from the organization's regional office in Manila. Guangzhou officials said some initial tests showed the man has SARS, but that more tests would be conducted over the weekend, said Dr. Lam Ping-yan, Hong Kong's director of health. Cordingley said the man, suffering from a high fever and a headache, was admitted to a specialist SARS hospital in Guangzhou on Dec. 20. The pneumonia-like viral disease has sickened nearly 8,100 people worldwide, including 774 who died, according to the World Health Organization. Most of the cases happened late last winter and spring. SARS killed 349 people on China's mainland and sickened more than 5,000. The 32-year-old man from Panyu in Guangzhou has not traveled abroad or to neighboring Hong Kong, Lam said. Hong Kong radio, citing Chinese news reports, identified the sick man only by his surname Luo. A WHO official speaking on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press that the man was admitted to the No. 8 People's Hospital in Guangzhou. Health officials in Guangdong, contacted by telephone, refused to comment. They referred questions to the publicity office of the provincial Communist Party branch, which didn't answer telephone calls. Lam said Hong Kong has stepped up monitoring of travelers arriving from Guangzhou, which borders Hong Kong. foxnews.com