Hong Kong Prison Homes Spur Virus Risk Decade After SARS
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Chan Sung-ming says the coughs and sneezes echoing through the plywood walls of his windowless, 60-square foot Hong Kong apartment get him thinking: is there a bug going around and could it be deadly?
A decade after SARS began a lethal odyssey via Hong Kong, which has the world’s most-densely populated urban areas, Chan says his apartment -- one of eight in a space about the size of a squash court -- makes him feel more prone to airborne germs.