Forum Archive Index - April 2003

["Lazy Haggis" <lazyhaggis@hotmail.com>]

Extracts from press reports 4th and 5th April

Canadian Press: Friday's cause for optimism in Ontario all but evaporated 
Saturday with eight new probable and six suspect SARS cases.
Hong Kong (Reuters): Hong Kong reported 39 new infections and three deaths 
from a deadly respiratory virus on Saturday. There were 10 health workers 
were among the 39 new SARS cases.
Beijing (Reuters):A top doctor in the battered Chinese region said its 
health care system was in crisis.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued an unprecedented warning 
against travel to Hong Kong and Guangdong.
Malaysia reported its first likely death from SARS.
France confirmed its first two cases of SARS infection, two doctors who flew 
back together from Hanoi. An air hostess who travelled on the same flight is 
in hospital as a suspected case.
Toronto: Another Canadian victim died of SARS on Saturday and a second death 
is under investigation, obscuring already dim hopes of a nearing end to 
Canada's struggle with the mysterious illness.

New Zealand is expected (shortly) to follow this alarming trend, and 
warnings will be issued against mixing in areas where significant quantities 
of Asian tourists gather. General public fear/concern will action such 
activity automatically, such is the psychology of people.

Lazy Haggis

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