The number of people isolated in Beijing for having had close
contact with suspected and probable Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome (SARS) patients was 17,679 as of 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, up
801 from the day before, according to the latest local
epidemiological survey.
Also as of 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 8,088 persons had been released
from quarantine, a rise of 1,336, said the survey.
During the same period, the number of areas in Beijing isolated to
check the spread of the SARS disease dropped from six to five, with
the number of construction sites quarantined remaining at four.
The Beijing joint anti-SARS work team noted that the quarantine
sites are located in Chongwen, Dongcheng (East), Xuanwu (South) and
Xicheng (West) districts.
(Xinhua News Agency May 8, 2003)