Two possible cases of SARS victims in hospital after returning from Far East

The first symptoms the deadly SARS virus might have appeared. One member of a 16-strong group of tourists on a trip to China has been placed in the isolation room in a Kraków hospital, while others remain in contact with regional Sanepid (sanitary inspectorate) branches. "We rather exclude the possibility of the patient being infected with SARS, as she does not appear to display the typical symptoms," said Lech Kucharski from the hospital. Meanwhile, a man who visited Thailand went voluntarily to a hospital in Myslenice. The chief sanitary inspector claim that Poland has a good system of protecting against the virus. "However, we can only control those people who come from the regions directly infected by the SARS virus," said the chief doctor of Warsaw Okęcie airport Ireneusz Dzik. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A9) M.M.