SARS virus far from under control as China reports 160 cases

CHINA reported scores more SARS cases yesterday, suggesting the illness is far from under control in the world’s most populous nation.

And in a sign the virus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome is more robust than previously thought, the World Health Organisation said the organism could survive outside the human body longer than previously thought.

China’s Health Ministry said nine more people had died from SARS, taking the nation’s total to 206.