Guest guest Posted April 4, 2003 Report Share Posted April 4, 2003 The Chinese government officially apologized this morning for not handling the SARS crisis appropriately. On Friday, April 4, 2003, at 07:09 AM, James Ramholz wrote: > http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993562 > > > Chinese secrecy blamed for super-pneumonia spread > > The Chinese government's secrecy has been blamed for the still > growing outbreak of super-pneumonia around the world that has > infected over 1400 people and killed 54. > > The president of Taiwan, which has 10 cases of Severe Acute > Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), has been the most outspoken. " SARS > first broke out on the Chinese mainland, but the authorities covered > up the information, leading to a global epidemic, " Chen Shui-bian > said on Friday. China initially admitted to five deaths, but a toll > of 31, and 800 infections, since November was revealed on Wednesday. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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