[Mother Abigail]

Hong Kong reported 95 suspected cases, including one death;

--Singapore had 20 suspected cases and no deaths;

--Vietnam had 40 cases with one death;

--Canada had eight suspected cases, including two deaths; and

--Switzerland had two suspected cases, Thailand one case and Germany one case with no deaths so far.

Additional reports late Monday indicated two suspected SARS cases have turned up in Australia and one each in Indonesia, England and Israel.

The two Australians -- one in Ballarat and the other in Perth -- showed suspicious symptoms after returning from Asia recently.

Antara, the Indonesian national news agency, reported Health Minister Achmad Sujudi disclosed a citizen had been discovered with SARS.

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On the SARS page CDC put out a "Warden Notice" at 8pm 3/17 (Just as Bush was doing his speech). (The actual web page has the date wrong as 3/15) :

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, has received reports of outbreaks of a severe form of pneumonia (also being referred to as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS) in Hong Kong SAR, Vietnam, and Guangdong Province in China, Canada, Singapore, Thailand, Germany and Switzerland. Approximately 170 suspected cases had been reported as of March 17. Cases appear to primarily involve health-care workers caring for patients with SARS and close family contacts. CDC is working closely with WHO and country partners in efforts to define the etiology of this infection, to track patterns of its transmission, and to determine effective strategies for its control and prevention. At the present time, a CDC travel advisory recommends that persons with elective or non-essential travel to Hong Kong SAR, Guangdong Province and Hanoi, Vietnam consider postponing such travel. Additional information is available at http://www.cdc.gov and http://www.who.int.