The Hong Kong government opened quarantine camps in the countryside yesterday in the latest attempt to stop the spread of a fatal form of pneumonia and to salvage its political reputation.Residents of a block of flats cordoned off on Monday by police in protective medical suits were starting to move into holiday camps far from built-up areas last night.
The block in the Amoy Garden complex in Kowloon is the biggest known site of severe acute respiratory syndrome, which has infected thousands and claimed more than 60 lives around the world. More than 100 of its residents have been struck down, with 100 more affected elsewhere in the estate.
After initially deciding to quarantine the other 240 people in the block for 10 days, the authorities decided it would be safer to move them away.
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