| This is taken from the South China Morning Post this morning. Latest mainland developments * Eighty new Sars cases were reported, with 10 more deaths. Beijing accounted for 48 new cases and half of the latest deaths. Officials said migrant workers comprised 10 per cent of cases in the capital. By yesterday morning, China had 5,086 cases. * The tourist city of Hangzhou quarantined more than 1,700 people after it reported four Sars cases. * Passenger traffic on mainland airlines fell 25.7 per cent last month, the State Statistical Bureau said. * The Anti-Chemical Warfare Research Institute of the People's Liberation Army has developed products including goggles, protective clothing and masks for hospitals and police handling Sars patients. * Huang Mingda, a doctor at the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, has proposed that traditional Chinese medicine should become part of comprehensive Sars treatment. * Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport became Russia's only air link with China after the country closed all other major centres. * German soccer team Bayern Munich cancelled a two-game tour to Beijing and Shanghai in July. |
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