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Hong Kong Hospital Chief Falls Ill With Pneumonia
Hong Kong, March 25: Hong Kong Health Authority Chief Executive Dr William Ho is in hospital with symptoms of pneumonia. But it is not known if he has been stricken with Sarc, severe acute respiratory syndrome.Dr Ho had been working on the outbreak that has killed 18 people around the world for the past few weeks, visiting hospitals, briefing senior government officials and meeting the press. Dr Ho’s was hospitalised as two more people died overnight in Hong Kong bringing the death toll in the Territory to 10. His hospitalisation has fueled fears that the killer respiratory virus that has infected hundreds worldwide could be spreading faster than first thought.
Source: Channel News Asia.