Beijing struggling to prevent SARS spread

Beijing struggling to prevent SARS spread

BEIJING, China - A sanitary official carries an antiseptic spray at Beijing West Railway Station on April 17 as part of efforts to prevent the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the new pneumonia-type disease that has claimed more than 100 lives, mostly in Asia.

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