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Amoy Gardens (淘大花園) is a high-density middle-class housing estate in Hong Kong completed in 1981. It was the most seriously affected location during the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome|SARS outbreak, with over 300 infected people. Amoy Gardens is located in the Ngau Tau Kok area of Kowloon, in the north east of Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Kwun Tong Districts of Hong Kong|district of Hong Kong. Amoy Gardens comprises the blocks A to S. Main article: Progress of the SARS outbreak Towards the end of March 2003, an outbreak of SARS occurred among residents of Amoy Gardens. As of April 15, 2003, there were a total of 321 cases of SARS in the estate. A concentration of cases was recorded in block E, accounting for 41% of the cumulative total. Block C (15%), block B (13%) and block D (13%) recorded the second, third and fourth highest incidence of SARS infections. The other cases (18%) were scattered in 11 other blocks. Most of the initial 107 patients from Block E lived in flats that were vertically arranged. All residents were subsequently moved to Lei Yue Mun and MacLehose Holiday Camps for isolation. In the mid-2003, World Health Organization|WHO found that there were serious problems of water pipes which may have contributed to the spread of SARS. The estate was decontaminated and the residents could return. Amoy Gardens served by the Kowloon Bay station of the MTR metro system.
Category:Apartment buildings in Hong Kong This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Amoy Gardens".
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