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SARS outbreak in Baoding, Hebei province, China a rumor: says (Taiwan) CDC- Identified as Adenovirus outbreak

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About adenovirus
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/211738-overview

It is worth noting that whilst most adenovirus infections are minor producing cold like symptoms, they can also (rarely) be severe; there are subtypes e.g. adenovirus14 which can be severe.

http://www.cdc.gov/adenovirus/adenovirus-14.html

The above report cites Adenovirus 55, but it is unusual for large numbers of hospitalisations to occur with adenovirus infection.
Footnote: I cannot find any clinical research reports or data on type55 adenovirus, so it is an unknown if this is a known 'severe' viral type, or similar to type 7 or 14 in its clinical presentation
 
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Thank you for keeping track of this. The fact that only the two dissident sources mention Liaoning is consistent, IMO, with the earlier date. At this point, the ARI in Liaoning wouldn't be news if it was 5 weeks old (and NOT SARS).

I am encouraged by this entire episode, both in how the information made it out anyhow, as well as the fact that China seems to still be testing severe ARI cases for SARS.

As far as severity, we have several reports here on FT of adenovirus outbreaks in military camps in Malaysia with multiple fatalities (http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=163686 for example). Post #18 mentions an adenovirus 55 outbreak in 2006 in China with a fatality in it as well. It is impossible to know the denominator in Baoding, but it could be quite large.
 
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Source: http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2012/02/25/332730/China-confirms.htm

Updated Saturday, February 25, 2012 0:05 am TWN, CNA
China confirms adenovirus outbreak: CDC

TAIPEI--An outbreak of disease that is causing a stir in the Chinese online community is not SARS but adenovirus (腺病毒) infection, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC, 疾管局) confirmed yesterday after checking with the Chinese health authorities.

China told the CDC that the suspected outbreak in Hebei Province was in fact adenovirus type 55 infection, CDC Deputy Director-General Chou Chih-hau (周志浩) said...
 
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Here are other recent pneumonia/ILI/respiratory reports in China. I have included H5N1 because this disease presents with acute respiratory distress in most patients:


China - Significant increase in pneumonia and respiratory disease in children in Zhengzhou City, Henan province February 23

China - Public advised to wear mask outdoors due to contaminants in the air - Wenzhou, Zhejiang province February 23

China - Flu patients double in 1 week at Hebei Children's Hospital - many have severe pneumonia, fever, convulsions February 22

China - Respiratory illness "soared" in children in Zaozhuang, Shandong province February 15

China - Asthma, colds, fever, respiratory disease increased significantly due to cold weather - Shanghai February 10

China - Shantou CDC warns not to eat raw eggs and to avoid unnecessary contact with poultry due to H5N1 fears - Guangdong province February 5

China - Surge in emergency room patients during New Year's holiday in Guiyang city, Guizhou province February 2

China - Hebei province CDC Advises to Not Eat Dead Poultry to Avoid Bird Flu H5N1 February 2

China - Surge in emergency room patients during New Year's holiday in Guiyang city, Guizhou province February 2

China - Surge in ICU Patients Due to Cold Weather in Nanjing, Jiangsu January 26

China - 2510 children in admissions yesterday in Zhejiang Children's Hospital due to "fever pneumonia" January 16

WHO confirmation of H5N1 patient - 39 year-old male from Guiyan City, Guizhou Province. He developed symptoms on 6 January 2012 and was admitted to hospital but was in critical condition and died on 22 January 2012.‬‪
 
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hat tip to CarolSC at FluWiki


SARS Rumour Update: East Wing of Hebei Baoding No.252 Hospital is Guarded by Army and Police

Copy the link below - minus the lead "Z" onto your browser to see the video:

Zhttp://badcanto.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/east-wing-of-hebei-baoding-no-252-hospital-is-guarded-by-army-and-police/
 
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Another denial -

machine translation -



Ministry of Health, "Baoding, 252 Hospital of the SARS epidemic rumor
2012-02-25 19:03:50 Source: Xinhua  

Xinhua Beijing, February 25 (Reporter Lvnuo) Ministry of Health on the 25th rumor recent concern in the community, Baoding, 252 Hospital of the SARS epidemic. Ministry of Health, Baoding, Hebei Province People's Liberation Army 252 Hospital admitted to the respiratory tract infection fever patients, with the authorities to verify, to rule out SARS, a stream of human infection with highly pathogenic avian flu has been confirmed for the 55 type of adenovirus-caused respiratory infections.

Ministry of Health and ended at 8:00 on February 25th, the fever cases with mild-oriented, non-critically ill patients, no deaths. Various proactive prevention and control measures, the epidemic has been effectively controlled.

According to reports, the adenovirus is a common cause of human respiratory tract infection can be spread by respiratory droplets and close contact. The cases are mainly manifested as fever, cough, sore throat and other symptoms, the vast majority of cases mild symptoms, the prognosis is good.


Zhttp://news.163.com/12/0225/19/7R4N93AB00014JB5.html
 
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This may indicate a second fatality due to adenovirus 55 infection, as well as cases in three other hospitals.

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/1428639672

http://translate.google.com/transla...n&sa=X&biw=1229&bih=579&tbs=qdr:h&prmd=imvnsb

Apple Daily reporter recently went to Baoding, on-site to hit the 252 Hospital of Eastern Hospital District has been blocked, the door has a wearing masks ** stationed. Currently about 300 soldiers hospitalized in isolation and treatment, two people were killed. More astonishing is that the other three hospitals have treated suspected SARS patients.


252 Hospital staff said that many soldiers of the fever still can not bring down a fever after the injection. A retired medical personnel said, "The PLA General Logistics Ministry of Health" and "People's Liberation Army General Hospital (301 Hospital)," experts have been stationed in the laboratory.
Major mainland websites on SARS coverage page on the 24th are removed. The 5th meeting of the 11th Chinese Communist CPPCC National Committee spokesman Zhao yesterday to clarify the 252 hospital fever epidemic adenovirus infection has been to control
 
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http://www.chinasmile.net/forums/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=537982

Although the Chinese Communist authorities rumor vigorously denied that the 252 Chinese military hospital outbreak of suspected atypical pneumonia (SARS) infection epidemic events, but the authorities lack credibility, rumors have actually caused people to greater panic. "Apple" Correspondent in Hong Kong yesterday (February 24) arrived in Baoding found among the 252 Hospital of Eastern Hospital District was a military police blocked about 300 Army, 38 soldiers of the Chinese Communist elite troops were receiving isolated outside, and local public events, but unaware of this.

Reporters at the scene of the "Apple" to hit the mysterious virus 300 soldiers isolation

According to NTDTV reports, the recent rumors of the Baoding SARS epidemic, multiple sites on the mainland spread rapidly, before the network to pass the local military hospital to seal a building, 38 Group Army in Chinese Communist isolation to receive more than 100 SARS patients, including the death of a soldier.

Hong Kong's Apple Daily reporter deliberately arrived in Baoding, Hebei, live interviews, found among the 252 Hospital of Eastern Hospital District was a military and police blocked about 300 Chinese military elite troops, attached to the 38th Regiment soldiers were receiving isolated outside, near the belong to the military Hebei Invalides is also the soldiers were isolated, resident of the 38 group army also blocked.

The reporter witnessed, 252 Hospital of the West Branch is normally open to the public, but fifty-four East Road, Eastern Hospital, Hebei University, South Campus next to the inpatient department downstairs, wearing masks guarded by military police. Nearby stall, said the evening, one week ago, witnessed hundreds of soldiers were pulled here to check isolation, I heard that two people have died. Reporters wishing to enter the Eastern Hospital District, but said about 300 soldiers, including isolation, not allowed to enter the guard block.

"Apple Daily" quoted the words of the hospital, a retired medical personnel, said the Chinese military experts are inside the test, patients with serious cases of fever subside.

Nearby traders say, from 10 a few days ago, the 38th Army a succession of soldiers with a fever, was first sent to Hebei Province, near the Invalides, followed by as much as an even 80% of soldiers cold and persistent fever, caused by his superiors attention, began to seal the entire group. One week ago, military vehicles to a large number of soldiers have symptoms of infection to the 252 hospital isolation, but there are still soldiers of the Invalides hospital isolation.

Tight news blockade, although the Internet on the sand epidemic more speculation more intense Baoding face unusually quiet public life as usual. Many of the 252 military hospital, a large number of soldiers have been isolated and has no knowledge of, and even the 252 near the hospital, many residents are unaware of.

The 24th Chinese Communist CDC Deputy Secretary Jih-Haw Chou also said outside the 252 hospital epidemic caused by adenovirus infection is a common virus, can cause fever, sore throat, respiratory infections, there was no danger, people do not need to panic.

Last night (24) have claimed to be living near the hospital in the 252 users, 38 corps of nearly 600 soldiers were 252 hospital isolation in the hospital! Now panic! Authorities concealed omission! Until the big thing on all night.

Online rumors intensified, Baoding Health Bureau, came forward to clarify the SARS epidemic in the city there is no relevant patients are ordinary flu, no deaths, the hospitals are functioning normally; People come forward to clarify; major forums, micro- Bo, Shantie "rumor", but the Communist authorities always cover up the truth, deception, promises to the people, the more denied to clarify that Internet users more seriously, the more panic.

Some netizens have questioned the authorities ambivalent doubt behind may be involved in the military suppression of the truth, and also said that the rumor is not terrible, horrible thing is that the "government" out of the rumor! Some netizens lashed out at the authorities have failed to learn from the painful experience of the 2003 SARS, so that the instability of social support of the people.

Hong Kong's Oriental Daily News review article pointed out the lie to a person, personality is bound to bankruptcy, a "government" blatant lie is bound to the integrity of sweeping.

These years, the Chinese Communist authorities in many of the issues related to the national economy and deliberately lying, such as the Bureau of Statistics, property prices, inflation data and the personal experience of the people bad days to do.

The article criticized the authorities are facing the overwhelming voices of doubt, the departments concerned not only done nothing wrong, but playing with words to deceive the people, the so-called professional vocabulary.
 
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From another Weibo account, suggesting ongoing censorship of this on Weibo:

http://s.weibo.com/weibo/%E9%80%9F%E8%BD%AC&scope=ori&rd=NDYwO

the network supervisor. Baoding a message that 252 admitted to hospitals SARs variation patients army of martial law in the hospital to remind friends not to go to the epidemic areas, I forwarded the day before yesterday. Can be instantly deleted! malgbd! malgbd! Tamar's what to delete? Why delete? Again:malgbd Just saw the news of the Phoenix subtitles: The Ministry of Health to prove the authenticity of the matter is 55 respiratory disease Again: malgbd delete this microblogging network supervisor!
 
Re: SARS outbreak in Baoding, Hebei province, China a rumor: says (Taiwan) CDC- Identified as Adenovirus outbreak

It remains the difficulty of a laboratory confirmed identification of a SARS-CoV case because of the lack of a consensus diagnostics test kits.

For more information about SARS-CoV laboratory testing, see the online book by [FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]Christian Drosten, M.D. et al. [/FONT][/FONT]at: http://www.sarsreference.com/sarsreference_3rd_italian.pdf (available in several languages, English included)

(IOH)
 
Re: SARS outbreak in Baoding, Hebei province, China a rumor: says (Taiwan) CDC- Identified as Adenovirus outbreak

Are "Hubei" and "Hebei" different provinces, or just variant spellings of the same province?

http://www.promedmail.org/

Published Date: 2012-02-25 14:03:58
Subject: PRO/EDR> Adenovirus 55 - China: (HI) - Severe respiratory disease
Archive Number: 20120225.1052511

ADENOVIRUS 55 - CHINA: (HUBEI) - SEVERE RESPIRATORY DISEASE
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Date: Fri 24 Feb 2012
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel [edited]
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aALL&ID=201202240036

China confirms suspected adenovirus infection outbreak: CDC
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TAIPEI: An outbreak of disease that is causing a stir in the Chinese online community is not SARS [Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome] but an adenovirusinfection, the [Taiwan] Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed Friday [24 Feb 2012] after checking with the [mainland] Chinese health authorities.

China told the CDC that the suspected outbreak in Hebei Province was in fact an adenovirus type 55 infection, CDC Deputy Director-GeneralChou Chih-hau said. China, however, did not reveal the scale of the epidemic to Taiwan. Chou said that adenovirus infection is easy to treat and that the CDC does not need to investigate any further.

Adenovirus type 55 infection was first discovered in China’s Shaanxi Province in 2006. Of 254 high school students treated for the infection, only one died. There is no record of adenovirus type 55 infection in Taiwan, according to CDC statistics.

Many Chinese citizens have voiced concern over a possible [outbreak] of SARS in a military hospital in Hebei, according to a local daily newspaper published a day earlier. Bloggers alleged that hundreds have been hospitalized in isolation wards and that at least one person has died of the disease, the newspaper report said.

(By Nancy Liu)

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[Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus, called SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV). SARS was first reported in China in February 2003. The illness spread to more than two dozen countries in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia before the SARS global outbreak of 2003 was contained. Since 2004, there have not been any known cases of SARS reported anywhere in the world. According to the World Health Organization, a total of 8098 people worldwide contracted SARS during the 2003 outbreak. Of these, 774 died.

In general, SARS began with a high fever. Other symptoms included headache, an overall feeling of discomfort, and body aches. Some people also have mild respiratory symptoms at the outset. About 10 percent to 20 percent of patients had diarrhea. Most patients develop pneumonia.

As of today, the spread of SARS has been fully contained, with the last infected human case seen in June 2003 (disregarding a laboratory-induced infection case in 2004). However, SARS is not claimed to have been eradicated, as it may still be present in its natural host reservoirs (animal populations) and may potentially return into the human population in the future.

In 2005, two studies identified a number of SARS-like coronaviruses in Chinese bats. Phylogenetic analysis of these viruses indicated a high probability that the SAR-related coronavirus originated in bats and spread to humans either directly, or through animals held in Chinese markets. The bats did not show any visible signs of disease, but are likely the natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses. In late 2006, scientists from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention of Hong Kong University and the Guangzhou Centre for Disease Control and Prevention established a genetic link between the SARS coronavirus appearing in civet cats and humans, bearing out claims that the disease had jumped across species.

Adenoviruses are associated with moderate to severe respiratory tract infections. Adenovirus 55 is a novel human adenovirus derived by genome recombination. (Michael Walsh et al., J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2010 vol. 48 no. 3 991-993; http://jcm.asm.org/content/48/3/991.short). Analysis of human adenovirus type 55 from a previous outbreak of sever respiratory disease in China revealed a hexon recombination between human adenovirus B11 and human adenovirus B14, resulting in a genome that is 97.4% human adenovirus B14.

The current outbreak of adenovirus type 55 infection in Hubei province has been sufficiently severe to arouse fears of a recurrence of the bat coronavirus SARS outbreak in 2003.

The location of Hubei province can be found in the map of the provinces of China at http://www.sacu.org/provmap.html. - Mod.CP]
 
Re: SARS outbreak in Baoding, Hebei province, China a rumor: says (Taiwan) CDC- Identified as Adenovirus outbreak

A retraction is likely in order; this outbreak is in Hebei, not Hubei. Several reports, including the ProMED post above have used the locations interchangably.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubei

Not to be confused with the unrelated province of Hebei.
 
Re: SARS outbreak in Baoding, Hebei province, China a rumor: says (Taiwan) CDC- Identified as Adenovirus outbreak

This is another denial of SARS based on information from the health department.

machine translation -

Baoding, 252 admitted to hospital fever patient to exclude suffering from "atypical pneumonia" may
Source: China Radio Network: Li Xin :2012 -2-26 14:51:19

snip

As of 8 o'clock yesterday morning, fever cases are mild symptoms, without critically ill patients with no deaths. Through a variety of positive prevention and control measures, the current epidemic has been effectively controlled.

Zhttp://www.ldnews.cn/news/globalnews/domesticnews/201202/20120226145119.html
 
Re: SARS outbreak in Baoding, Hebei province, China a rumor: says (Taiwan) CDC- Identified as Adenovirus outbreak

Here is the correction:

http://www.promedmail.org/

ed Date: 2012-02-26 15:47:38
Subject: PRO/EDR> Adenovirus 55 - China: (Hebei) severe respiratory disease: corr.
Archive Number: 20120226.1053085

ADENOVIRUS 55 - CHINA: (HEBEI) SEVERE RESPIRATORY DISEASE: CORRECTION
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Re: Adenovirus 55 - China: (HI) Severe respiratory disease
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The heading for this report contains an error. The location of the Adenovirus 55 outbreak is given erroneously as Hubei province, whereas the text of the report correctly indicates that the outbreak occurred in Hebei province. ProMED-mail apologises for this error which has ben drawn to our attention by Yang (Neuro-Hemin Biotech ).

Our correspondent has also provided the following two references relating to an adenovirus outbreak in Qishan, Shanxi province, before the etiologic agent was designated Adenovirus 55.

1. Outbreak of Acute Respiratory Disease in China Caused by B2 Species of Adenovirus Type 11.
Zhen Zhu,1? Yong Zhang,1? Songtao Xu,1 Pengbo Yu,2 Xiaoping Tian,2 Li Wang,2 Zhonghua Liu,1 Liuying Tang,1 Naiying Mao,1 Yixin Ji,1 Chongshan Li,1 Zhaohui Yang,1,3 Shiwen Wang,1 Jingjun Wang,2 Dexin Li,1 and Wenbo Xu1*
J. Clin. Microbiol., Mar. 2009, p. 697?703 Vol. 47, No. 3


2. Genomic Analyses of Recombinant Adenovirus Type 11a in China.
Zhaohui Yang, Zhen Zhu, Liuying Tang, Li Wang, Xiaojuan Tan, Pengbo Yu, Yong Zhang, Xiaoping Tian, Jingjun Wang, Yan Zhang, Dexin Li and Wenbo Xu
J. Clin. Microbiol., 2009, 47(10):3082. Published Ahead of Print 12 August 2009.

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A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at: http://healthmap.org/r/1RIP.]
 
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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-02/27/content_14696146.htm

Home / China / Society Infection cases 'not SARS'
Updated: 2012-02-27 07:18By Shan Juan and Wang Qingyun (China Daily)

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Swine, bird flu also ruled out; final investigation report due this week

BEIJING - A final epidemiological investigation report on the PLA 252 Hospital infections that sparked speculation of a SARS outbreak will be issued in a week, and SARS is not the culprit, said an army source.

The source with the Institute for Disease Prevention and Control of the People's Liberation Army, who declined to be identified, said that the infections are fully under control.

"There are no critical cases or deaths. Most patients just had symptoms like fever, cough and sore throat and many didn't need to be hospitalized at all," he said.

The Ministry of Health issued an online notice on Saturday, in which it said that the patients with respiratory tract infections and fevers who are being treated at the Baoding-based PLA 252 Hospital in Hebei province were not infected by SARS.

"By confirming with relevant departments, (we have) ruled out SARS, H1N1 swine flu and bird flu, and diagnosed them with a respiratory tract inspection caused by adenovirus type 55," said the ministry in the notice.

Adenovirus is a common cause of respiratory infection, and it usually leads to cold-like symptoms, it said. Most cases are relatively mild and have a favorable prognosis.

Starting last week, many Chinese citizens voiced concern over a possible SARS outbreak in the hospital and some alleged that hundreds had been hospitalized in isolation wards and that at least one person had died.

"Most of the patients are newly recruited local young soldiers and the symptoms are usually mild, like coughing and fever," the source told China Daily on Sunday.


more at above link
 
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A website operator has just been sentenced to two-years of labor re-education for spreading SARS rumors.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/healt...camp-rumourtre81q0t2-20120227,0,2030405.story


BEIJING (Reuters) - Police in a north China city said on Monday that they have sentenced a man to two years of "labor re-education" for spreading rumors of an outbreak of the SARS virus in the city.

The man, surnamed Liuman's full name, was sentenced on Sunday to labor re-education "in accordance with the law," according to a police statement in Baoding city in Hebei province. The announcement was published on the Baoding public security bureau's website, which did not disclose the

Liu worked as an administrator for a website and in a bid to improve traffic spread "false information" that a Baoding hospital had confirmed a case of SARS, the statement said.

"The false information ... had an impact and disrupted the social order," the statement said.
 
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Today's update in a local paper referring to the outbreak as "common flu". I am not sure if this is contradictory to the government diagnosis of adenovirus 55, or the reporter has the story wrong.

machine translation -

People's Liberation Army 252 Hospital, Baoding, Hebei SARS epidemic case of rumors
Hebei Newshttp://www.hebnews.cn2012-02-27 10:44: Yanzhao city network
Chinese microblogging came near Beijing, in Hebei, Baoding, People's Liberation Army 252 Hospital with SARS death. However, media sources denied that the hospital staff to receive inquiries. China's national CDC staff also said that did not receive the message. Baoding pm Health Bureau responded that the hospital of the municipality has no SARS epidemic. Hong Kong media reported that the relevant patients are common flu, no deaths, the hospital is operating normally.

City Times reported: Hebei Baoding denied that the hospital is now SARS mutant virus that is the common cold

It is reported that, for someone suffering from SARS death rumors, Baoding, Hebei officers said spring and winter, alternately, the frequent changes of weather in the north, change of influenza patients explosion, but they are the common flu. Does not exist what variation of the SARS virus to kill. SARS death is purely rumor. "

Zhttp://hebei.hebnews.cn/2012-02/27/content_2555529.htm
 
Re: SARS outbreak in Baoding, Hebei province, China a rumor: says (Taiwan) CDC- Identified as Adenovirus outbreak

Today's update in a local paper referring to the outbreak as "common flu". I am not sure if this is contradictory to the government diagnosis of adenovirus 55, or the reporter has the story wrong.

Zhttp://hebei.hebnews.cn/2012-02/27/content_2555529.htm

Alternatively, he may be using slang and calling the illness "flu" not in the sense of influenza, but in the sense of a common illness.
 
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http://www.businessinsider.com/bi-suspected-sars-outbreak-china-military-hospital-2012-2

A Suspected SARS Outbreak Has Hundreds Of Chinese Soldiers Quarantined

[snip]


The soldiers are allegedly being quarantined at a military hospital in Boading City and while officials are denying a SARS outbreak, Chinese Internet users are concerned this could be an attempted cover up, like the one tried last time in 2003.

The PLA 252 Hospital in Baoding reportedly has 300 soldier patients exhibiting SARS symptoms and so far at least two have died.

[snip]
 
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