SARS stages a ominous come back
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is back. An experiment in a laboratory in China went haywire and ended up in an unfortunate spread of the deadly disease. The WHO is monitoring the situation. There was an effort play down the extent of spread on the previous occasion. So the information supplied by the authorities concerned will always bear a question mark on its authenticity.
The world has seen the affects of SARS and other deadly diseases. The particular country becomes a pariah state to the rest of the world. We should take adequate measures to cope with this kind of threats. All the exit and entrance points in our country should be equipped with necessary gadgets to ward off a potential outbreak here.
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