The Hindu : Hong Kong sees 12 SARS deaths in a day

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Sunday, Apr 20, 2003

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Hong Kong sees 12 SARS deaths in a day

By P. S. Suryanarayana

SINGAPORE April 19. Hong Kong today announced that 12 persons had died of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome within the past 24 hours raising the death roll in Hong Kong to 81. The World Health Organisation remained concerned over the SARS situation in China's mainland, too, where officials put the fatality figure at 67 so far. Singapore announced measures to intensify its ongoing drive against the new disease, while the Association of South East Asian Nations decided to meet to consider the transnational health crisis that cast a shadow over globalisation.

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