It was also used by the government of Hong Kong to track the outbreak of SARS in 2003.
Recurrent outbreaks of avian Influenza and the outbreak of SARS in 2003 rang alarm bells as potential pandemics.
Its jobless rate could approach levels seen in 2003, during the outbreak of SARS, a respiratory disease.
The bird flu outbreak coincides with the tenth anniversary of the Sars (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak that killed at least 349 people in China.
The biggest news for business continues to come from outside the business realm: first the war in Iraq, and now the outbreak of the so-called SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) virus.
In 2002 an outbreak of the Sars coronavirus killed about 800 people after it spread from Hong Kong to more than 30 countries around the world.
Amoy Gardens, like the rest of Hong Kong, has recovered from the Sars outbreak and the economic downturn it triggered with the panache typical of this fast-paced city.
The bird flu outbreak is also on the front pages of many Hong Kong newspapers and it coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Sars (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak that killed at least 349 people on the mainland, triggering a global epidemic.
Qantas cut 1, 400 jobs Wednesday, partly because of the SARS outbreak.
But the fright of the SARS outbreak in 2003 has left a lasting impression, and scientists and public-health officials now tend to see any putative disease threat through its lens.
International health experts have commended China on its transparency in reporting the spread of the virus, in sharp contrast to its handling of a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak in 2003, when 8, 096 people were infected worldwide and 744 died.
Consumer spending was hurt and millions of Chinese dawned facial masks in the spring of 2003 when the country was the epicenter of a global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, that killed several hundred people worldwide.
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The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, in Asia in 2003 only infected around 8, 000 people and killed about a tenth of these.
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Consumer spending was hurt and millions of Chinese dawned facial masks as a grim part of life in 2003 when the country was the epicenter of a global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, that killed several hundred people worldwide.
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MyTravel, based in Greater Manchester, is struggling in the face of a protracted travel sector downturn triggered by the war in Iraq and the Sars outbreak.
Derchin reminded that Asia-Pacific traffic dropped 30% to 35% in the second quarter of 2003, following reports of an outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong.
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In 2003 an outbreak of Sars killed about 800 people after the virus spread to more than 30 countries around the world.
In 2002 an outbreak of Sars killed about 800 people after the virus spread to more than 30 countries around the world.
Over the long term the SARS outbreak will add friction to the cost of doing business in Asia, much as impromptu shoe checks, cargo inspections and travel jitters followed Sept. 11 in the U.S. Hotel business in Asia fell 25% from February to March.
To protect his family during the SARS outbreak, Dr. Lee moved out of his apartment and lived in self-imposed quarantine for months while treating patients, seeing his wife and young son only once a day through the grille of a metal door when they came to drop off his dinner.
The infections are nonetheless reviving fears among the public of an epidemic a decade after a devastating outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, which crippled tourism in China and Hong Kong.
Hong Kong-listed shares of Chinese airlines, which were among the hardest-hit companies during the 2003 SARS outbreak, tumbled amid the bird-flu worries.
Aside from the SARS outbreak, low trading volumes and lousy economic conditions, there are moves to strip the exchanges of basic powers: selecting companies to list and regulating them (in Hong Kong) and supervision of brokers (in Singapore).
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