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SARS toll up

BEIJING APRIL 16. Even as the health authorities are struggling to contain the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), five more persons died of the killer virus in Hong Kong today, raising the toll to 61 there. Meanwhile, the WHO today virtually accused China of attempting to cover up the epidemic in Beijing by failing to report all known cases.,

— PTI

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