1. Image taken from The Times (UK)

2. Many infections, From One Hotel Guest
Health officials studying the origins of SARS discovered a cluster of patients who stayed at the Metropole Hotel in Hong Kong in February. They were infected by one guest The disease was spread locally and elsewhere.

3. A Chinese medical professor stayed at the Metropole Hotel.
He treated SARS patients in Guangdong and became infected.
He went to Kwong Wah Hospital.
His two relatives and four medical personnels caught the disease.
SARS would not have spread ……

4. A Chinese medical professor stayed at the Metropole Hotel.
SARS would not have spread
if he had not stayed at the hotel.
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5. He went to Kwong Wah Hospital.
SARS would not have spread
if he had not gone to Kwong Wah Hospital.
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6. Four medical personnels caught the disease.
SARS would not have spread
if the four medical personnels had not caught the disease.
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7. A businessman from Shanghai stayed at Metropole Hotel.
He contracted SARS.
He flew to Hanoi and started an outbreak.
A WHO doctor treated him and caught the disease in Vietnam.
The doctor later died in Bangkok.
SARS would not have spread ……

8. Three tourists from Singapore stayed at Metropole Hotel.
They passed SARS on to health workers and others.
A physician in Singapore travelled to New York City.
He was detained and hospitalized in Germany.
SARS would not have spread ……

9. A Canadian couple stayed at Metropole Hotel.
They returned to Toronto and infected five relatives.
A cluster began in a hospital.
Many cases spread among a religious group.
SARS would not have spread ……

10. Two other Metropole guests became infected.
They were taken to two different hospitals.
The staff of both hospitals were infected and passed SARS on to family members.
Other patients in the hospitals also contracted SARS.
SARS would not have spread ……

11. He visited his brother at Block E of the Amoy Gardens.
A kidney patient from the Prince of Wales Hospital became a “super infector”.
He visited his brother at Block E of the Amoy Gardens.
The disease infected over 300 people living in Block E.
The infection was spread through the sewers.
SARS would not have spread ……

12. How to stop SARS from spreading?

13. Wash hands often
Improve hygiene
Wear face masks
Watch for SARS symptoms
Close schools
Quarantine people exposed to SARS
Screen travelers for SARS
Make more efforts to protect health care workers
Pay attention to update information