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BEIJING (May 16) - China has suspended foreign adoptions for fear prospective parents arriving from abroad may spread the flu-like SARS virus, the China Center of Adoption Affairs said.
The center said on its Web site www.china-ccaa.org it had stopped sending documents to parents hoping to adopt children in China on Thursday.
Those who have already received permission to adopt in China should postpone their trips if possible, it said. The suspension did not apply to foreigners working in China.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, which emerged in southern China last November, has killed 271 people and infected 5,163 in the world's most populous country.
An official at the adoption center said several thousand Chinese children are adopted by foreigners each year.
05/16/03 02:45 ET
The center said on its Web site www.china-ccaa.org it had stopped sending documents to parents hoping to adopt children in China on Thursday.
Those who have already received permission to adopt in China should postpone their trips if possible, it said. The suspension did not apply to foreigners working in China.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, which emerged in southern China last November, has killed 271 people and infected 5,163 in the world's most populous country.
An official at the adoption center said several thousand Chinese children are adopted by foreigners each year.
05/16/03 02:45 ET