SECURITY OFFICERS IN PROTECTIVE SUITS GUARD ISOLATION CAMP IN HONG KONG, 2003-04-02 (photo)

Security officers in protective suits, to prevent themselves from catching the pneumonia-like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), guard the entrance of a special isolation camp, housing some 200 of the more than 400 residents evacuated from Amoy Gardens in Hong Kong April 2, 2003. Hong Kong officials say the outbreak at Amoy Gardens was probably caused by an infected kidney patient who visited his brother living at the estate. China said on Wednesday that nine people died of the killer virus in March in its southern Guangdong province as Washington said it planned to cut diplomatic presence in Hong Kong and Guangzhou. REUTERS/Bobby Yip KC/CP