the respiratory system (the parts of your body you use to breathe)

a face mask

This passenger is boarding a plane.

two passengers on a plane

Read. (April 2, 2003) California officials quarantined a plane from Tokyo for two hours at San Jose International Airport on April 1, 2003. Four people on the plane said they had symptoms similar to SARS. Medical officials wearing white face masks boarded the plane and sent the sick passengers to a hospital via ambulance. SARS is a severe respiratory illness. The symptoms are a high fever, a headache, difficulty breathing, and a cough. SARS started in the southern part of China late last year. It has spread to Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam, Canada, Germany and elsewhere in recent weeks. Sixty-three people have died from it.

California officials quarantined (, poner en cuarentena, , )a plane from Tokyo for two hours at San Jose International Airport on April 1, 2003. Four people on the plane said they had symptoms (, , ) similar (, parecido, ,

to SARS. Medical officials wearing white face masks boarded (=got on) the plane and sent the sick passengers to a hospital via (=by) ambulance. SARS is a severe (=very bad, strong) respiratory (,

, ) illness. The symptoms are a high fever, a headache, difficulty breathing, and a cough. SARS started in the southern part of China late last year. It has spread (, propagarse, extenderse, , )to Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam, Canada, Germany and
elsewhere (=other places) in recent weeks. Sixty-three people have died from it.

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. How long did California officials quarantine a plane at San Jose International? Where/What city was the plane coming from? What were medical officials wearing when they boarded the plane? How did they send the sick passengers to a hospital? What are the symptoms of SARS? Where did SARS start? What countries/Where did it spread to? How many people has the disease killed?

34040203 Roland Trego 04/02/2003 revised 10/25/2013 7:15 PM