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Progress against SARS in HK, Canada; concern in China, Taiwan

AFP, Hong Kong
Hong Kong and Canada on Monday appeared to be gaining the upper hand in the battle against SARS but the situation in China remained alarming and new scientific evidence emerged that the virus may be more resilient than previously believed.
There was also growing concern on Monday over the severity of the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan, where an eighth person died of the disease on Sunday and 14 new cases were reported.
Just eight new cases of SARS were reported in Hong Kong on Sunday, the 10th straight day the number of new cases has declined
and the first time it has fallen into single digits in over a month.
Health officials in the former British colony were clearly pleased with the drop but cautioned that it was too early to declare victory.
"We are very pleased with the development," said Hong Kong's director of health Margaret Chan. "We hope this trend will be sustainable. For this to happen we have to continue with our efforts.
"I'm loath to predict as to whether there will be a continuous downward trend. This is my hope and the hope of the rest of Hong Kong," she said.
Five more people died of SARS in Hong Kong on Sunday, bringing the total number of deaths from the
disease in the territory to 184.
Canada, meanwhile, reported just one new "probable" case of the disease on Sunday, bringing further hope that the outbreak in the country has been brought under control.
A World Health Organization (WHO) advisory against nonessential travel to the Canadian city of Toronto was lifted last week but WHO advisories on travel to Hong Kong, Beijing and China's Guangdong and Shanxi provinces remain in place.
In China, where 197 people have died of SARS and more than 4,000 cases have been reported, there were reports on Monday of further unrest related to the dis-
ease.
The Jianghuai Morning Post said more than 100 farmers, enraged that a SARS quarantine center would be set up in their community, attacked a government office in eastern China and beat up officials.
The riot occurred overnight Saturday as the farmers gathered outside a government office in Zhejiang province's Yuhuan county, the paper said.
After surrounding the office for several hours, dozens of farmers stormed inside, ransacking three rooms and beating up three officials, the paper said.
A local police official said there had been several arrests.