HONG KONG: China yesterday quarantined 10,000 more citizens in its desperate efforts to contain SARS as panic riots hit rural areas despite global successes in halting the spread of the virus.
Nine new deaths from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and 160 new cases were reported in the country yesterday, bringing the death toll to 206 and the total cases to 4,280 in what remains the worst-affected country.
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