UN: SARS peaks in some countries, still spreading in China

The worst of the Sars outbreak appears to be over in Hong Kong, Singapore and Canada, but the deadly virus is still spreading in China, the UN’s World Health Organisation warned today.

China reported eight new fatalities from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) today, taking the worldwide death toll to at least 332. About 5,000 people in more than 20 countries have fallen ill.