New York Times:. "While the virus may have emerged from Guangzhou, it mutated into a threat to China's Communist Party elite in Beijing." By Joseph Kahn.
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BBC News: "The mayor of the Chinese capital says hospitals are unable to cope with the city's "severe" SARS outbreak."
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Washington Post: "Following pressure from the Canadian government, the World Health Organization on Tuesday lifted its warning against nonessential travel to Toronto, saying it was satisfied with local measures to stop the spread of the deadly SARS virus."
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New York Times: "Stock markets rose sharply across most of east Asia today as investors gained hope that an outbreak of a deadly respiratory disease could be brought under control. Airline shares, heavily battered in recent weeks, led broad advances after an official with the World Health Organization said that the risk to travelers from SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, was widely overestimated."

Finally, some positive news on the SARS front.

-Tim
11:44:21 AM    comment []  

BBC News: "The outbreak of the SARS virus in China is a grave and long-term problem, the country's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has said."
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New York Times:"With SARS spreading back home, China's premier met Southeast Asian leaders at an emergency summit Tuesday to win back international trust after weeks of cover-up accusations and amid economic worries. "
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BBC News: Leaders meet to co-ordinate efforts to fight SARS, a day after health officials said the virus had peaked everywhere but China.
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A friend of ours in Beijing writes: "SARS does hurt our business, many of our plans cannot be implemented. Most of the offices in the city are not running in a normal way. Almost all restaurants and entertainment businesses are shut down. We will try our best to run the business as much as possible."

Needless to say, under the current conditions, our friend must now add different strategies to their playbook. Surely, it's tough enough to have to execute on one game plan.

The only thing we have to compare what our friend is dealing with is the prospect of San Francisco going through another earthquake. Our "back-up plan" looks like a piece of cake compared to what our friends in China must be thinking about and preparing for. God speed!

-Jennifer
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