The SARS outbreak has highlighted the key role Internet can play in a global health emergency.
The WHO says Hong Kong, Singapore and Canada have now got the Sars outbreak under control.
The SARS outbreak spread to 37 countries and caused about 1, 000 deaths.
Qantas cut 1, 400 jobs Wednesday, partly because of the SARS outbreak.
MyTravel, based in Greater Manchester, is struggling in the face of a protracted travel sector downturn triggered by the war in Iraq and the Sars outbreak.
Amoy Gardens, like the rest of Hong Kong, has recovered from the Sars outbreak and the economic downturn it triggered with the panache typical of this fast-paced city.
On April 9th, the International Air Transport Association said that the SARS outbreak could have a significantly worse impact on the airline industry than the war in Iraq.
But the fright of the SARS outbreak in 2003 has left a lasting impression, and scientists and public-health officials now tend to see any putative disease threat through its lens.
Indeed, the territory's financial secretary, Antony Leung, gave warning that the Hong Kong dollar's longstanding peg to the American dollar might come under strain if the SARS outbreak is not resolved soon.
Meanwhile, the WHO and world health community watch, anxiously, recalling how swiftly the SARS outbreak that started in southern China in December 2002 exploded a month later across Asia, Canada, and on, eventually hitting 30 countries.
Aside from the SARS outbreak, low trading volumes and lousy economic conditions, there are moves to strip the exchanges of basic powers: selecting companies to list and regulating them (in Hong Kong) and supervision of brokers (in Singapore).
Emirates, the fastest growing airline in the Middle East, is in a strong position as many of its rivals are struggling to cope with an unprecedented industry crisis brought on by September 11, an economic downturn and the SARS outbreak in Asia.
Over the long term the SARS outbreak will add friction to the cost of doing business in Asia, much as impromptu shoe checks, cargo inspections and travel jitters followed Sept. 11 in the U.S. Hotel business in Asia fell 25% from February to March.
To protect his family during the SARS outbreak, Dr. Lee moved out of his apartment and lived in self-imposed quarantine for months while treating patients, seeing his wife and young son only once a day through the grille of a metal door when they came to drop off his dinner.
Hong Kong-listed shares of Chinese airlines, which were among the hardest-hit companies during the 2003 SARS outbreak, tumbled amid the bird-flu worries.
Some human patients have reported diarrheal symptoms in the current SARS outbreak.
It was also used by the government of Hong Kong to track the outbreak of SARS in 2003.
The bird flu outbreak coincides with the tenth anniversary of the Sars (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak that killed at least 349 people in China.
Its jobless rate could approach levels seen in 2003, during the outbreak of SARS, a respiratory disease.
Recurrent outbreaks of avian Influenza and the outbreak of SARS in 2003 rang alarm bells as potential pandemics.
The bird flu outbreak is also on the front pages of many Hong Kong newspapers and it coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Sars (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak that killed at least 349 people on the mainland, triggering a global epidemic.
In 2002 an outbreak of the Sars coronavirus killed about 800 people after it spread from Hong Kong to more than 30 countries around the world.
The biggest news for business continues to come from outside the business realm: first the war in Iraq, and now the outbreak of the so-called SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) virus.
The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, in Asia in 2003 only infected around 8, 000 people and killed about a tenth of these.
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In 2003 an outbreak of Sars killed about 800 people after the virus spread to more than 30 countries around the world.
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Derchin reminded that Asia-Pacific traffic dropped 30% to 35% in the second quarter of 2003, following reports of an outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong.
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