Part 2

From the October 6^th, 1995 Sydney Morning Herald, front page:

REVIEWING EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS AS AUSTRALIA BRACES FOR POSSIBLE HRV

OUTBREAK

From the October 8^th, 1995 broadcast of ABC’s Good Morning America:

The death toll in the HRV epidemic currently plaguing much of

southeast Asia has now risen to 190 with news that a fifth South

Korean national has died in Seoul from the lethal respiratory virus.

This chilling news comes as Australia faces the possibility of an

HRV outbreak on its own soil...

From the October 11^th, 1995 Boston Herald, page 3:

WITH HRV

From the October 14^th, 1995 Los Angeles Times, front page:

DEATH TOLL IN ASIAN HRV EPIDEMIC SURPASSES 200;

SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES EMERGENCY IN SEOUL

From the October 16^th, 1995 Sydney Morning Herald:

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ORDERS CLOSURE OF ALL MAJOR

AIRPORTS TO MINIMIZE RISK OF HRV INFECTIONS

From the October 19^th, 1995 Chicago Tribune:

HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARED IN INDIA AS DEATH TOLL IN

SOUTHEAST ASIAN HRV EPIDEMIC CONTINUES TO GROW

DOW JONES AVERAGE DOWN 370 POINTS ON NEWS OF LATEST

HRV OUTBREAKS

From the October 21^st, 1995 broadcast of CBS Morning News:

This just in to the CBS News desk: the government of New

Zealand has ordered all of that country’s major airports closed

in an attempt to stop the spread of the Haiphong respiratory

virus...

From the October 22^nd, 1995 Sydney Morning Herald, front page:

SUSPECTED HRV CASE IN AUSTRALIA

Did The Airport Closures Come Too Late?

From a CNN news bulletin later that same day:

Contradicting earlier rumors that Australia’s first case of Haiphong

respiratory virus entered the country through one of its airports, the

Australian health ministry is now saying that the infection has been

traced to a refugee ship which landed near Carnavon a few days

ago...

From the October 23^rd, 1995 New York Post, page 5:

JAKARTA EXPLAIN THIS, MR. SUHARTO?

Dictator claims his country is HRV-free despite UN reports

of at least 10-15 HRV cases in Indonesia

From the October 25^th, 1995 Los Angeles Times, front page:

TWO DEAD IN AUSTRALIA, 213 DEAD WORLDWIDE

AS HRV EPIDEMIC CONTINUES TO SPREAD

CLINTON ADMINISTRATION URGES U.S. HOSPITALS TO

STOCK UP ON ANTIBIOTICS

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT CLOSES ALL MAJOR PORTS

IN ATTEMPT TO SLOW SPREAD OF HAIPHONG VIRUS

From the October 27^th, 1995 San Francisco Examiner, page 3:

BAY AREA TRAVEL AGENCIES REPORT 50% DROP IN BUSINESS

SINCE JUNE DUE TO HRV EPIDEMIC

From the October 28^th, 1995 broadcast of ABC’s World News Tonight With Peter Jennings:

The already perilous refugee situation facing the Australian government

has become even more so with the entry into Australia of the Haiphong

respiratory virus responsible for leaving nearly 220 people dead since May;

the deadly contagion is believed to have infected the country by way of a

refugee ship which landed at Carnavon more than a week ago. Australian

Liberal Party leader John Howard gave a televised speech today urging the

federal government in Canberra to expel all refugees from the country

without delay and authorize the Australian Navy to sink refugee ships if

they tried to enter the country’s major ports; Howard, who is currently

campaigning to become Australia’s next prime minister, said in his speech

that he would have already instituted such measures weeks ago if he were

in charge of the government...

From the November 1^st, 1995 New York Times, front page:

SUSPECTED HRV CASE DIAGNOSED AT SAN FRANCISCO HOSPITAL

Believed To Be First Instance Of Haiphong Virus In Continental U.S.

From the November 3^rd, 1995 broadcast of The CBS Morning News:

Two people are dead this morning in San Francisco in the first

confirmed outbreak of Haiphong respiratory virus in the United

States. Both victims are believed to have been infected with the

virus, which to date has killed 227 people worldwide, while they

were visiting Japan...

From the November 6^th, 1995 San Francisco Examiner, front page:

MAYOR DECLARES CIVIC EMERGENCY IN S.F.

HOSPITAL WHERE VIRUS WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED NOW UNDER

QUARANTINE

From the November 7^th, 1995 Dallas Morning Herald, page A3:

GOVERNOR’S OFFICE ORDERS THOROUGH REVIEW OF HRV

PROTOCOLS AT TEXAS HOSPITALS

From the November 9^th, 1995 Los Angeles Times, front page:

Worldwide casualties from Haiphong virus now estimated at 237

From the November 12^th, 1995 Boston Herald, page 5:

CALIF. STATE HEALTH AUTHORITIES REPORT POSSIBLE HRV CASE

IN OAKLAND

From the November 14^th, 1995 broadcast of BBC’s 9 O’Clock News:

UN health officials say that the death toll in the HRV epidemic which is

currently ravaging parts of Asia and has also recently struck Australia and

the United States may surpass 250 before the end of this week. The deadly

resipiratory virus, believed to have originated in Vietnam back in May, has

so far eluded all efforts to find a cure or vaccine...In a related development

Australian naval patrol boats earlier today turned back a refugee ship from

Asia which was attempting to land Afghani asylum seekers near the port

of Carnavon, the site at which the virus is thought to have first gotten into

Australia....

From the November 15^th, 1995 broadcast of The CBS Evening News With Dan Rather:

Panic is gripping southern California at this hour with word that a

case of the lethal Haiphong virus may have been diagnosed in the

suburbs of Los Angeles....

From the November 16^th, 1995 Los Angeles Times, front page:

MAYOR DECLARES CITYWIDE HEALTH EMERGENCY

Governor’s cabinet in emergency session in Sacramento

From a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation TV news bulletin dated November 18^th, 1995:

A very grim milestone is being marked tonight as the world

records its 250^th death from the Haiphong respiratory virus.

According to an AP dispatch out of Canberra, the latest to

succumb to the disease is a 57-year-old Rwandan man who

had been in detention at an Australian refugee camp for the

past three months...

From the November 21^st, 1995 Washington Post, page A3:

WORLDWIDE HRV DEATH TOLL NOW UP TO 256

US health officials concerned virus may spread beyond California

From the November 23^rd, 1995 San Francisco Chronicle, sports section:

49ERS TO PLAY THE REST OF THEIR ’95 REGULAR SEASON

SCHEDULE IN PALO ALTO

Team officials say decision made in response to HRV crisis

From the November 27^th, 1995 broadcast of CNN Headline News:

The worldwide death toll in the Haiphong virus epidemic has

now risen to 267, and even as federal and California state health

officials try to get a grip on the HRV outbreaks in San Francisco

San Francisco and Los Angeles the CDC is expressing concern

the virus may have already infected other parts of the state....

From the November 29^th, 1995 Sacramento Bee, page A2:

Move called a preemptive effort to protect state’s citizens from HRV virus;

Los Angeles outbreak said to have influenced decision

From the December 4^th, 1995 Las Vegas Review-Journal, front page:

HRV case confirmed in Arizona

Kingman outbreak is first known US infection of Haiphong virus outside

California

From the December 6^th, 1995 broadcast of Entertainment Tonight:

The HRV epidemic has hit home for the movie industry in a

dramatic fashion; members of the Academy of Motion Picture

Arts and Sciences are rumored to be debating the possibility

of postponing or even cancelling the 1996 Academy Awards....

From the December 7^th, 1995 Calgary Sun-Herald, page 3:

CANADIAN DOCTORS SEARCH FOR ANSWER TO HRV

AS WORLDWIDE DEATH TOLL PASSES 278