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Hospitalized Hong Kong SARS (Chicom Flu) cases
Time		Cases			Increase		Disposition of Cases									Dead as % of prior time
Day	Date	New	Week	Total	One Day	Week	Got Well	%	Dead	%	Total Gone	%	Still In Hosp	%	Elapsed Hosp-Days	Week	2 Week	3 Week
Wed	03/19			150
Thu	03/20	23		173	15.3%
Fri	03/21	30		203	17.3%
Sat	03/22	19		222	9.4%
Sun	03/23	25		247	11.3%
Mon	03/24	13		260	5.3%
Tue	03/25	26		286	10.0%
Wed	03/26	30	166	316	10.5%	110.7%									Start
Thu	03/27	51	194	367	16.1%	112.1%									figure
Fri	03/28	58	222	425	15.8%	109.4%									of 4000
Sat	03/29	45	248	470	10.6%	111.7%			10	2.1%					is a low	4.5%
Sun	03/30	60	283	530	12.8%	114.6%			13	2.5%					Estimate:	5.3%
Mon	03/31	80	350	610	15.1%	134.6%			15	2.5%						5.8%
Tue	04/1	75	399	685	12.3%	139.5%			16	2.3%					4,000	5.6%
Wed	04/2	23	392	708	3.4%	124.1%	89	12.6%	16	2.3%	105	14.8%	603	85.2%	4,603	5.1%	10.7%
Thu	04/3	26	367	734	3.7%	100.0%	98	13.4%	17	2.3%	115	15.7%	619	84.3%	5,222	4.6%	9.8%
Fri	04/4	27	336	761	3.7%	79.1%	99	13.0%	17	2.2%	116	15.2%	645	84.8%	5,867	4.0%	8.4%
Sat	04/5	39	330	800	5.1%	70.2%	107	13.4%	20	2.5%	127	15.9%	673	84.1%	6,540	4.3%	9.0%
Sun	04/6	42	312	842	5.3%	58.9%	116	13.8%	22	2.6%	138	16.4%	704	83.6%	7,244	4.2%	8.9%
Mon	04/7	41	273	883	4.9%	44.8%	127	14.4%	23	2.6%	150	17.0%	733	83.0%	7,977	3.8%	8.8%
Tue	04/8	45	243	928	5.1%	35.5%	138	14.9%	25	2.7%	163	17.6%	765	82.4%	8,742	3.6%	8.7%
Wed	04/9	42	262	970	4.5%	37.0%	142	14.6%	27	2.8%	169	17.4%	801	82.6%	9,543	3.8%	8.5%	18.0%
Thu	04/10	28	264	998	2.9%	36.0%	154	15.4%	30	3.0%	184	18.4%	814	81.6%	10,357	4.1%	8.2%	17.3%
Fri	04/11	61	298	1059	6.1%	39.2%	169	16.0%	32	3.0%	201	19.0%	858	81.0%	11,215	4.2%	7.5%	15.8%


Averages		40	291		9.0%	85.7%		14.1%		2.5%		16.7%		83.3%		4.5%	8.9%	17.0%

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SARS not under control, expert warns

April 11 2003 at 06:57AM
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Beijing - A medical expert from China's Guangdong province, where the deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic first appeared, said on Friday that the disease was not under control, despite proclamations to that effect by Chinese leaders.

Zhong Nanshan, director of the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, said it was better to describe the SARS situation in Guangdong, which has handled more than half the world's cases, and the rest of China as "contained".

"From a medical aspect, this disease hasn't been effectively controlled," he told a news conference.

"We should not use the word 'control'. I think we should use a more objective phrase, such as 'effectively contained', because how can you control it if even the origin of the disease is still unclear?" he said.

Zhong's comments came after repeated statements by government officials, including the health minister, that the little understood flu-like disease was "under effective control".

But some officials softened their wording on Thursday to say it was "stable" or "contained".

New ProMED update for 04.11.03

http://www.promedmail.org/pls/askus/f?p=2400:1000

Some doctors had reported positive results using ribavirin, an anti-viral medicine used mostly against hepatitis C, as a treatment for SARS patients who had been worst-hit by the disease in Hong Kong and elsewhere. Unfortunately, these anecdotal results did not hold up in the laboratory,

http://www.forbes.com/home_asia/2003/04/11/cx_mh_0411sars.html

……..Meanwhile, concerns about SARS, which appears to be highly infectious and can be fatal, has prompted voluntary evacuations from all six United States missions in China and those in Vietnam.

"The concern we have for all Americans is the quality of medical care" available in host countries, said Ms. Barnes, the family liaison director. "No airline will evacuate anyone with SARS. The idea is to get them out before they get sick."………..

A core group of employees designated as essential remain on the job in each American mission, and officials insist that diplomatic efforts are not overly hindered……...

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/11/international/worldspecial/11CND-EVAC.html?ex=1050724800&en=7ed2bd03961cd0b1&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

BEIJING (AP) - He's a businessman in his 40s. He has four children and lives in the industrial town of Foshan in southern China. And, except for a small circle of doctors and Chinese officials, that's all the world knows about the man who is cited as the world's first known case - and survivor - of SARS.

As severe acute respiratory syndrome spreads around the globe, little has been released about him, and there is no sign that any more ever will be.

http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=D9992320-58AE-4207-B304-2A1541014E21