A parent and two primary school students wear masks to protect
themselves from catching the killer pneumonia virus in Hong Kong March
24, 2003. Workers disinfected a handful of schools over the weekend
after six children were taken ill by the with the disease and will
begin cleaning about 2,000 more schools on Monday. Education Secretary
has ordered about 180 children with infected family members to stop
attending classes for a week. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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