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Article: Hong Kong reports 60 new cases as fears mount over mystery illness
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- AP Worldstream
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- March 30, 2003
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Dateline: HONG KONG
Hong Kong health officials on Sunday reported 60 more people had fallen
ill with a deadly flu-like disease, more than half of them in one
apartment complex, pushing the number of infections worldwide past
1,600. A Hong Kong woman became the territory's 13th fatality.
Earlier, Christian and Taoist groups in Hong Kong sought to calm fears
through prayer. New cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or
SARS, have picked up pace here the past few days. At least 56 people
have now died of SARS worldwide.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday
that none of the antiviral drugs or other treatments tested against
SARS has been ...