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 | Infrared images of travelers are seen on a monitor screen upon arrival at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, Sunday, April 25, 2004 in Taoyuan, 40 kilometers (24 miles) south west of Taipei. The Chiang Kai-shek International Airport started to measure temperatures of all travelers entering Taiwan as part of a campaign to ward off an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) after China reported two cases earlier this week in Beijing and one in Anhui province. Travelers from these two places are required to fill out special health forms and will receive regular phone calls from health authorities. click to open  |  | SARS Crisis in Taiwan: Formosa TV showing a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS ) patient being transferred to the Taipei Municipal Hoping Hospital Wednesday Dec 17th 2003. click to open |  | SARS Crisis in Taiwan: Two Taiwanese health workers wear protective suits at the emergency ward of the Taipei Municipal Ho Ping Hospital, a designated hospital for SARS patients, December 17, 2003. Taiwan's Department of Health said on Wednesday a 44-year-old SARS researcher at a military hospital had tested positive for the virus and was probably infected in the laboratory where he worked. click to open |  | SARS Crisis in Taiwan: A Taiwanese mother helps her children with their face masks at a designated hospital for SARS patients December 17, 2003. A medical researcher in Taiwan has tested positive for SARS, the first case in Greater China since the flu-like virus killed hundreds of people and battered the region's economies this year. click to open |  | SARS Crisis in Taiwan: A woman holds a surgical mask on her face as she walks out of National Taiwan University Hospital, Thursday, March 27, 2003, in Taipei. Taiwan's capital declared a full medical alert Thursday after a major engineering firm temporarily closed because five of its employees were suspected of having a deadly flu-like disease that is spreading across the world. All medical staff in Taipei hospitals were ordered to wear surgical masks at all times to help guard against the new illness, called severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, said Chiu Shu-ti, head of the city's health office. click to open |  | SARS Crisis - Taiwan: Medical personnel work at the National Taiwan University Hospital, wearing surgical masks as a precaution against the severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, Friday, Mar. 28, 2003, in Taipei. Taiwan has reported 10 suspected cases of SARS. Taiwan's capital, Taipei, declared a full medical alert Thursday, ordering all medical staff in hospitals to wear surgical masks at all times. click to open |  | SARS Crisis - Taiwan: Travelers waiting for their flight wear surgical masks, Saturday, March 29, 2003, in Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taoyuan, south of Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwanese officials handed out surgical masks and cleaned the island's biggest airport, as two more people were diagnosed with a deadly flu-like disease, severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, that has killed more than 50 people around the world. click to open |  | SARS Crisis in Taiwan: An elementary schoolgirl wears a mask in Taipei, March 28,2003, as fears of a deadly and highly contagious flu-like virus are growing. More than 50 people have died worldwide from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and more than 1,300 have been infected with reported cases in the China, Singapore, United States, Britain, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia and Macau. click to open |  | SARS Crisis - Taiwan: Passengers from Hong Kong wear surgical masks to protect themselves from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) at Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek International Airport on March 30, 2003. Taiwan immigration officials are screening passengers in an attempt to control the spread of the deadly virus. click to open |  | SARS Crisis in Taiwan: Taiwan Premier Yu Shyi-kun (R) offers a health advisory form to a passenger at an arrival gate of Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek International Airport on March 30, 2003. Taiwan immigration officials are screening passengers to contain the spread of the deadly virus doctors have termed Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Taiwan joined Hong Kong and Singapore in quarantining people at home if they have been exposed to the virus. click to open |
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