SARS claims another life in Taiwan

TAIWANESE health officials have confirmed the island’s first SARS death in 16 days, as German scientists reported that an ingredient in liquorice has proven remarkably successful at combating the virus.

A Taiwanese healthcare worker became the seventh medical employee to succumb to the disease last Thursday, although her death has not yet been officially recorded as a SARS fatality.

The death, and six new infections, come at a time when Taiwan is trying to persuade the World Health Organisation to lift a travel advisory against the island which was issued in May.