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Countries Ramp Up Precautionary Measures for SARS

HeadlineApr 24, 2003

These other developments in the SARS crisis: Russian airline Aeroflot says it is disinfecting all planes arriving from China, Vietnam, India and Canada. More than 100 representatives from the world’s airlines are holding emergency talks in Bangkok to decide how to tackle the SARS crisis. Police in Australia were given new powers to round up and quarantine suspected SARS victims. Singapore’s prime minister vowed to jail people who violate quarantine laws. Tourism in the region is down, with Hong Kong-based carrier Cathay Pacific cutting nearly half of its flights and Singapore reporting a 70% fall in visitor arrivals. SARS appears to be caused by a new strain of the coronavirus, which may have jumped from animals to humans. Scientists are racing to produce a vaccine.

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