This is what they are up against in trying to confine its spread.


http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/11/science/sciencespecial/11SARS.html?th

HONG KONG, April 10   Health officials announced here tonight that a man
infected with a new respiratory disease had flown from Hong Kong to Munich,
Barcelona, Frankfurt, London, Munich again, Frankfurt again and then back to
Hong Kong before entering a hospital.

The Hong Kong Department of Health appealed for passengers and air crews
from all seven flights to consult medical professionals. A health department
spokeswoman said it was not yet known whether the man, who is 48, had
infected anyone else on the flights with the disease   severe acute
respiratory syndrome, or SARS.

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