China is waiting to learn whether or not SARS has returned as doctors and international experts investigate the case of a television producer (32) suspected of having caught the deadly virus.
The Health Ministry said the return of SARS still had not been confirmed as of today after investigations of the patient in hospital in the southern city of Guangzhou.
It is China's first suspected Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome patient since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the world SARS free in July.
The WHO, now aiding the investigation, said it still could take days to reach a conclusion. The WHO's Beijing-based SARS coordinator, Julie Hall, said the Guangzhou case was still only a suspected case.
The Health Ministry has said the patient has had a normal temperature for nearly a week and was stable. None of the 42 people quarantined after having close contact with him had shown any SARS symptoms, such as a high temperature or breathing difficulty.
The man was first diagnosed with pneumonia in one of his lungs on December 16th, but tests have produced conflicting results. The WHO says further tests is necessary to determine whether he has SARS.