A health worker checks the temperature of a toddler as a precaution at a railway station in Beijing Jan 7, 2004. As China officially launched its busiest travel period of the year yesterday, security and medical monitoring moves are geared up to prevent the spread of SARS. Transport officials expect 1.89 billion people to visit relatives or go sightseeing during the Lunar New Year holiday.
 
 
 

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