Shanghai SARS Cases a State Secret

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EUGENE HOSHIKO/AP

A nurse wears a protective mask at Shanghai's No. 6 People's Hospital

Thursday, April 24, 2003

As panic about SARS spreads in hard-hit Beijing and throughout China's underdeveloped interior, Shanghai has so far appeared strangely untouched by the mystery virus. Local health officials in Shanghai on Thursday reported only two confirmed cases and 16 suspected cases, of which two are foreigners. In contrast, Beijing has reported more than 1500 confirmed and suspected SARS cases. Wary that foreign investment might flee Shanghai the way it has from Hong Kong, central government officials early this week sent a directive to Shanghai municipal authorities asking city officials to continue promoting what has been touted as essentially...