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...BEIJING - China reported Monday a sharp rise in the number of people infected with a new coronavirus, including the first cases in the capital.
...Authorities in Thailand and in Japan have already identified at least three cases, all involving recent travel from China.
...At least a half-dozen countries in Asia and three U.S. airports have started screening incoming airline passengers from central China.
...China's National Health Commission said experts have judged the current outbreak to be "Preventable and controllable."
...SARS first infected people in southern China in late 2002 and spread to more than two dozen countries, killing nearly 800.The virus causing the current outbreak is different from those previously identified, Chinese scientists said earlier this month.
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