- Two Australian women have been admitted to hospital amid
fears they are the first local cases of the deadly pneumonia-like illness
that has spread from Asia.
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- No cases have been confirmed in Australia yet, but both
women - one in the Victorian city of Ballarat and the other in Perth -
showed suspicious symptoms after returning from Asia recently.
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- The illness has so far killed nine people and infected
an estimated 500 people worldwide in Canada, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia,
the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam.
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- In a rare emergency warning, the World Health Organisation
declared it "a worldwide health threat", saying cases were being
spread by air travellers.
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- A 47-year-old Ballarat woman, who returned from a visit
to China on Saturday, was admitted last night with a flu-like illness,
Dr James Hurley said.
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- http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/17/1047749726450.html
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