In efforts to screen people showing symptoms of the SARS virus, doctors and nurses check temperatures of visitors to the National Taiwan University Hospital, Thursday, May 15, 2003. (AP)
Taiwan Health Minister Resigns over SARS Outbreak Story aired: Friday, May 16, 2003
Taiwan's health minister resigned today, as 10 new cases of SARS and three deaths were reported there.
Facing mounting criticism about how it has handled the spread of the SARS virus, China is taking increasingly stringent measures to ensure that the illness is contained.
Yesterday, government officials said they may execute people who knowingly spread the illness. Now, Chinese officials are turning their attention to foreign adoption.
While they have not banned adoptions outright, Chinese officials say they will temporarily stop sending essential documents to people who have already started the process of adopting a Chinese baby. That means some families will now be unable to travel to the region, even though an infant is waiting for them. Other families will have to wait indefinitely before being assigned a child.
