SARS
China's latest SARS outbreak declared contained
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, June 8th, 2004
More than 3 weeks have passed since the last case in China was isolated, the WHO said in a statement posted on its Web site. "The chain of human-to-human transmission appears to have been broken," the statement said.
The nine cases in the recent outbreak were linked to a virus research lab where experiments using live and inactive SARS coronavirus were carried out.
Citing "serious concerns," the statement said...
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