- Hong Kong's hospitals are probing 136 people for the
deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus.
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- The patients have been placed under watch after returning
with a fever from mainland China's southern Guangdong province, where the
virus has re-emerged after six months.
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- A spokeswoman for the hospitals says it is now routine
to check anyone coming back from Guangdong with a fever.
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- The 136 had been detected by strict new government border
checks, put in place on January 5, following revelations that SARS had
returned to neighbouring China.
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- Infra-red monitors at borders and airports can detect
high fevers in passengers, usually the first hint of SARS.
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- None of the 136 are yet showing symptoms of the disease
and none have been put in isolation.
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- Three people have been confirmed with SARS in Guangdong
this year.
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