Blog Tag - SARS

Not Their First Rodeo: Beijing Expat Entrepreneurs Here Since SARS Dish on Then vs Now
Submitted on Mar 04, 2020
Fresh off-the-boaters may be a little taken aback to hear that COVID-19 is not the first coronavirus to plague Beijing. Back in 2003, our fair...
R1 Coronovirus Cases Confirmed in South Beijing
Submitted on Jan 21, 2020
This blog will be regularly updated with news and developments of the coronavirus outbreak, with a special focus on how it affects Beijing. You can...
First Confirmed MERS Case in China: What is MERS and Why Should We Care?
Submitted on Jun 01, 2015
The World Health Organization (WHO), the people who helped bring you Beijing's new smoking ban, has confirmed the first case of Middle East...
It's Back (and Never Really Went Away): New H7N9 Case Reported
Submitted on Jul 22, 2013
It has been about a month since we have heard of any new cases of H7N9, now a 61-year-old woman from Hebei province is the latest one. The woman...
H7N9: Even More Reasons to Worry
Submitted on Apr 24, 2013
Before you roll your eyes at yet another H7N9 post, consider this: The numbers may be just a drop in the bucket compared to the population at large...
Not Good: WHO Says Some Cases of H7N9 Have No Links to Poultry
Submitted on Apr 17, 2013
Some not-so-reassuring news via Reuters today: The World Health Organization has reported that some patients with H7N9 have had "no history of...
A 7-Year-Old Shunyi Girl is Beijing's First Confirmed Case of Bird Flu
Submitted on Apr 13, 2013
A 7-year-old girl from a family of Shunyi poultry sellers is Beijing's first confirmed case of H7N9. According to a report in the Wall Street...
The Lighter Side of China: Things That Make You Smile
Submitted on Jun 27, 2012
It is a universal belief that laughter is the best medicine. A Google search on the topic turns up some 168,000 articles on the subject; even such...