First SARS Case in India

World | April 17, 2003, Thursday // 00:00

India, which has the world's second largest population, has recorded its first confirmed case of the deadly SARS virus, AP reported, citing officials from the National Institute of Virology. A 32-year-old Indian man in the western state of Goa was in isolation in hospital after test results confirmed he had the disease, officials said. The man arrived in the western city of Bombay on April 1 after travelling in Singapore and Hong Kong, which have both been hit hard by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), before going home to Goa.

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