China reported its first case of SARS for two weeks today, a new infection in the southern province on Guangdong where the deadly virus first appeared.
The new case in Guangdong, which had gone weeks without a confirmed infection, had originally been classfied a suspected case, the official Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry of Health as saying.
It said SARS claimed one more victim in Beijing today, the day after the World Health Organisation lifted an advisory against travelling to China's capital, once the most infected city on the planet.
Beijing had been the only remaining place in the world on the SARS blacklist.
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SARS has infected more than 5,300 people in China and killed more than 340 of them, more than anywhere in the world.