D'Cunha said there was no evidence of transmission of the disease in the Toronto community and said he hoped the WHO would not recommend that travelers stay away from Toronto. In the same article:
Canadian and U.S. health authorities are investigating reports that visitors from Toronto may have spread the disease to the United States, said Dr. Colin D'Cunha, Ontario's chief medical officer of health. He did not give details.
In the Toronto area, a high school was shut on Wednesday sending 2,000 staff and students into quarantine after a student there showed SARS symptoms.
To: EternalHope
It seems that the vaunted Canadian health care system has not been able to get a handle on this.
I wonder why?
2 posted on
05/30/2003 10:24:31 AM PDT by
quidnunc
(Omnis Gaul delenda est)
To: quidnunc; per loin; aristeides; Prince Charles; FreepForever; CathyRyan; riri; Judith Anne; ...
Meanwhile, the headline in an article published in the Toronto Star at about the same time:
Latest SARS outbreak tapering
Found in the "outbreak tapering" article:
Researchers remain baffled by how the latest SARS outbreak started,...
and, I sure hope it's over, but we've got a lot of people under investigation," Mount Sinai microbiologist Dr. Donald Low said...
Dear Toronto Star: About that headline...
3 posted on
05/30/2003 10:35:11 AM PDT by
EternalHope
(Boycott everything French forever.)
To: EternalHope
I thought they hit 70 cases yesterday.
4 posted on
05/30/2003 10:37:12 AM PDT by
blam
To: EternalHope
Hello? Is anyone planning a vacation in Kanada?
8 posted on
05/30/2003 11:10:13 AM PDT by
latrans
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