[Mother Abigail]

LAJES, Azores Islands  — President Bush and allied leaders agreed on one final attempt to win world backing Monday for the swift disarmament of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. "Tomorrow is a moment of truth for the world," the president said at a Sunday summit with allies.

[Mother Abigail]

The initial case on Feb. 26 was a man admitted to the hospital with it in Hanoi. By this weekend there had been 46 more cases reported in Vietnam. Two died and five are on ventilators. The original case, however, was transferred to Hong Kong, where he infected at least seven health care workers before he died Thursday. The day before, 20 health care workers in Hong Kong developed similar symptoms. By this weekend, more than 100 cases have been reported in Hong Kong alone.

Three people flew from Hong Kong to Singapore carrying the bug, and spread it to 16 more. A Singapore health worker flew to New York and on to Frankfurt, feeling unwell on the flight. German health officials placed this person in quarantine. Another person, who had been in close contact with the original case in Vietnam, flew from Hanoi to Bangkok and is hospitalized in Thailand, where no other cases were reported through Sunday. It is possible that Germany and Thailand both acted fast enough to prevent a further spread.