MacKenzie adds that problems with the flow of information between authorities and the WHO have also been a problem in Hong Kong, particularly in relation to the spread of SARS in the Amoy Gardens housing block. "Details of work on transmission, on what animals, if any, might be involved is still to come out," he says.
This is the first I have heard about WHO having problems with the information they are getting from Hong Kong. Rumors are rampant in Hong Kong that the sewer system at Amoy Gardens could not have been the culprit, but I did not know that WHO was unhappy with the information provided as well.