NY Times: "Officials in Guangdong Province in southeastern China ordered this morning the immediate killing of every civet cat in captivity in the province after researchers found that a Guangdong man had fallen ill with a new strain of SARS virus that is genetically similar to a strain found in civet cats.
Dr. Zhong Nanshan, China's top expert on SARS, said that senior provincial health, agriculture and forestry officials were holding an emergency meeting this morning to discuss how to carry out the decision as quickly as possible. All civet cats — relatives of the mongoose widely eaten in winter as a delicacy — will be killed 'in a few days,' Dr. Zhong said."
Monday, January 05, 2004
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