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Figure. Number of articles on SARS published in the five newspapers
with the highest nationwide circulation in Italy, by date of publication;
March 15 to May 31, 2003. The white area of the bars represents the number
of articles or headlines appearing on the front page. An asterisk indicates
days on which newspapers were not published (Easter and May 1). The World
Health Organization (WHO) global alert was March 12 and the WHO travel
advisory was March 15. a, death of Carlo Urbani; b, first 2 probable cases
in Italy; c, task force press conference; d, death of suspected case in
Naples; e, WHO warning of “global threat”; f, two-fold increase of probable
cases in Italy; g, European conflict on airport measures; h, increased
quarantine measures in China; i, Civet cat identified as probable source.
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