SARS: With Hong Kong & WHO charts 4/19

per loin

[per loin]

	World SARS Cases (per WHO 4/18/03)
#	Country	Cases	Dead	%	Got Well	%	Sick	%	Local
1	Australia	3	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0	0.0%
2	Brazil	2	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%
3	Canada	126	12	9.5%	46	36.5%	68	54.0%	Yes
4	China	1482	65	4.4%	1126	76.0%	291	19.6%	Yes
5	China-HK	1327	69	5.2%	322	24.3%	936	70.5%	Yes
6	China-Taiwan	29	0	0.0%	11	37.9%	18	62.1%	Yes
7	France	5	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%
8	Germany	6	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2	33.3%
9	India	1	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%
10	Indonesia	1	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%
11	Italy	3	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%
12	Japan	4	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%
13	Kuwait	1	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%
14	Malaysia	5	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%
15	Mongolia	3	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0	0.0%
16	Phillipines	1	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%
17	Rep of Ireland	1	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%
18	Romania	1	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%
19	Singapore	172	16	9.3%	91	52.9%	65	37.8%	Yes
20	South Africa	1	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%
21	Spain	1	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%
22	Sweden	1	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%
23	Switzerland	1	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%
24	Thailand	7	2	28.6%	6	85.7%	-1	-14.3%
25	United kingdom	6	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	Yes
26	United States	208	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	208	100.0%	Yes
27	Viet nam	63	5	7.9%	46	73.0%	12	19.0%	Yes
	Totals	3461	170	4.9%	1671	48.3%	1620	46.8%

[aristeides]

Isn't that U.S. figure of 208 for suspected cases under the old parameters? Is it really true that none of them has recovered?

[CathyRyan]

Thank You! :)

[aristeides]

This story reports an apparent recovery: In N.Va., A Perilous Medical Journey Training and Luck Helped Stop Virus . And it sounds as if this victim, like the man in Goa, was not contagious.

[Davis]

Postwar SARS Here

[aristeides]

Here's a new article about the Goa case: India's first SARS case is baffling, says expert.

[aristeides]

SARS may soon run amok: Toronto case stirs docs' fears .

[per loin]

The US is reporting 38 probable, but WHO is still carrying the 208 number, as of yesterday. If we use the US figure, and put in today's Hong Kong figures, the death rate worldwide is 5.5%, at this time.

[Dog Gone]

I don't like the fact that the Toronto strain of SARS is far more deadly than the Asian strain. It's not that far to Buffalo, New York from there.

[aristeides]

It's possible that the death rate in Canada is higher because we're getting inaccurate figures from Hong Kong and China.

SARS now a threat to young: MD: As the virus mutates, it appears to be gaining potency, specialists note.

[aristeides]

Local SARS alert escalates: Ill travellers from Toronto will be subject to isolation.

[Dog Gone]

Nobody trusts the numbers from China, although Hong Kong has been very aggressive in how they've handled this.

But there's no reason to doubt the numbers from Singapore. It seems as if Canada has the worst strain we've seen so far.

[CathyRyan]

Could they be keeping people of life support longer? Could a cultural thing be going on here? Anyone have a guess?

[Dog Gone]

Check that. It appears that Singapore has it as bad as Canada.

[aristeides]

Insurance firms may refuse cover to SARS-infected countries.

[per loin]

From the Hindustan Times:

Saudi Arabian Airlines on Tuesday indefinitely suspended flights to Singapore over fears of the spread of SARS.

The kingdom last Sunday barred entry to nationals of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Vietnam.

[aristeides]

Not Canada, I notice.

[R W Reactionairy]

"I don't like the fact that the Toronto strain of SARS is far more deadly than the Asian strain. It's not that far to Buffalo, New York from there."

True. It's only 88 miles to Niagra Falls and 21 more from Niagra Falls to Buffalo per my road atlas. I looked this up / posted this yesterday when someone on another thread was taking solice in the fact that Toronto was isolated from other population centers within Canada.

[CathyRyan]

If anyone is interested there is a photo gallery at the web site below that has pictures of life with sars and even a picture of Dr. Urbani.

http://www.sunspot.net/news/health/sns-sars-pix,0,7766603.photogallery?coll=bal%2Dhealth%2Dheadlines&index=15