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8226; Chinese government has no plans to alter its case definition of SARS and Beijing has 8216;8216;no necessity8217;8217; to cover up the cases of deadly disease though there might be some false ones
8226; With a record 12 deaths in a single day Taiwan appeared moving to a SARS crisis even as China on Tuesday said it was close to controlling the epidemic
8226; The Thai Cabinet has agreed in principle to guarantee personal compensation of 4-million-Baht to foreign tourists if they contracted the SARS virus while touring in the country, the government said.
8226; There are likely to be deaths from the SARS disease in Europe and the US later this year, US Health Secretary Tommy Thompson said on Tuesday. Asked how confident he was that there would be no deaths in his country or in Europe, he said: 8216;8216;I am not confident at all. I think you will see some.8217;8217;
8226; Taiwan8217;s President donned red rubber gloves and a face mask and marked his third year in office on Tuesday by helping disinfect a charity home in a bid to boost popularity ratings that have been hit by the SARS crisis.
8226; Five people have been placed under observation in hospital in Kazakhstan after travelling on a train with two passengers showing symptoms of the SARS virus, a Kazakh health official said on Tuesday. But she stressed there was no sign they were ill with the disease
8226; The WHO today said that its warning against travel to Hong Kong remained in effect because of the continuing high number of SARS patients under treatment. 8216;8216;There is no change,8217;8217; WHO spokesman Iain Simpson said.
