CHINESE POLICEMEN AND SECURITY GUARDS CHECK A MAN DELIVERING FOOD TO A SEALED-OFF RESIDENCY IN BEIJING,...

A Chinese policeman (C), neighbour committee officer and a security guard (L) check a man (C) delivering food to his friend staying at a residency which has been sealed off due to the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Beijing April 30, 2003. China said on Wednesday 11 more people had died from SARS and another 166 were infected, taking the death toll to 159 and the number of cases to 3,460. The Health Ministry said nine of the new deaths were in Beijing, currently the hardest hit place in the world, and the city accounted for 101 of the latest cases. REUTERS/Guang Niu GN/CP