First Probable SARS Case Reported in S.Korea

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First Probable SARS Case Reported in S.Korea

The South Korean National Institute of Health (NIH) said Tuesday a South Korean man in his 40s was nearly confirmed the country's first severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) case.

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The South Korean National Institute of Health (NIH) said Tuesday a South Korean man in his 40s was nearly confirmed the country's first severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) case.

Kim Moon-shik, the head of NIH, said in a televised speech that "the 41-year old man who returned to Seoul from Beijing on Monday was nearly confirmed Tuesday morning as the first SARS case in South Korea."

The health agency's top official said the man had the symptoms of the SARS patient such as pneumonia, high fever and respiratory problems, adding "the NIH will report this case to the World Health Organization (WHO) soon."

The South Korean man returned home aboard a passenger plane operated by a Chinese airline Monday morning after a two-month Chinese language course in Beijing, said Kim.

During quarantine procedures at Incheon International Airport, officials identified his abnormal symptoms such as high fever and then hospitalized him at an isolation hospital, the NIH head said.

Kim also called on the passengers who were also on the same flight with the SARS patient to go to hospital for a check or isolate themselves in home for 10 days.

The probable SARS case suited three qualifications for SARS sufferers including a trip to a region where SARS cases were reported, high fever, respiratory problems and pneumonia, Kim Moon-shik said.

As of earlier Tuesday, 15 suspected SARS cases had reported in South Korea.

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