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UN says SARS will kill millions of jobs

ECONOMIC TOLL A recently released report estimates that over five million people will lose their jobs in the tourism and travel industries as people stay home scared

BLOOMBERG , UNITED NATIONS

Hong Kong Airport Authority, which runs the world's fifth-busiest airport, handled 69 percent fewer passengers in April than in the same month last year because of the epidemic.

Overall, Asian carriers have canceled more than 1,150 weekly flights in May because of the disease, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines.

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