ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A hotel trying to keep SARS at bay refused to honor the reservation of a guest who had traveled through Singapore and Hong Kong.
The incident last week came on the first day of an anti-SARS policy adopted at 13 Westmark hotels in Alaska and Canada. The hotels are owned by the Holland America cruise line.
The cruise ship industry adopted a similar policy a month ago, and dozens of passengers have been turned away to try to prevent severe acute respiratory syndrome.
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The pneumonia-like disease has killed at least 750 people and infected more than 8,200 since it emerged in November.