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Kuala Lumpur-
The number of people referred to the
ministry of health to be screened for suspected Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Malaysia has increased
to 65 compared to 59 yesterday, Bernama reported. The Director
general of health ,Dr Mohammad Taha Ariff, said of the six new
cases referred to hospitals,three were in Kuching,two in
Kuala Lumpur and one in Ipoh. As the worlld Health
Organization(WHO) team arrived in Guangdong Province.epicentre
of the outbreak of SARS, China ,Hong kong and Singapore each
reported another death from the disease from the disease,afp
reported.A seventh SARS death was also reported in Canada.,
where CBC radio quoted Ontario's public security commissioner Dr
James Young as saying that a 57 year old woman had died
late wednesday of the disease.Provincial health officials said a
man in Hunan province had become China's 47th SARS
fatality while in Hong Kong the authorities said the eath toll
from SARS had risen to 17 with the dath of a 56 year old
doctor.
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