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Article: CDC Doctor Suspected of SARS Recovering
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- May 26, 2003
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Dateline: ATLANTA
The U.S. doctor suspected of developing SARS symptoms while investigating
the disease in Taiwan is in good condition in Atlanta, federal health
officials said.
Dr. Chesley L. Richards Jr., an infection control expert with the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been placed in isolation,
said CDC spokeswoman Rhonda Smith. Isolation has been used during
the SARS epidemic to prevent the spread of the respiratory disease.
Richards arrived Friday evening from Taiwan by air ambulance and after
health officials examined him at a local hospital, the Georgia Division
of Public Health classified the doctor as the state's eighth suspected
SARS case. ...