April 22, 2003
SARS Crisis
Second SARS death in Malaysia confirmed. The most concerned thing of people now is the "SARS Index", which indicated how many "probable SARS cases", "suspected SARS cases" and number of people quarantined. The fear is widely spreaded. I felt pretty tensed while I was in my hometown (Johor, soutern area of West Malaysia) and watching Singapore TV. There is news about SARS progress around every 15 minutes on TV. Watching them didn't get me learn more about the disease, except nervous.
War is _almost_ over. We really hope this SARS outbreak could be over very soon. I wonder should my friends and I still go to Lang Tengah for our May trip, as planned two months ago. All we could do is wait-and-see.
SARS Information:
- WHO SARS site
- Unprecedented collaboration pinpoints new coronavirus as cause of SARS
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Local paper: China raises SARS death toll by six to 92
- SARS Information Poster
- SARS Blog
April 22, 2003 05:46 PM | Malaysia
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