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Human transmission of SARS in latest cases broken, UN health agency says

18 May 2004
The United Nations health agency declared today that the chain of human-to-human transmission in the latest SARS outbreak in China appeared to have been broken, but warned that serious concerns remained over safety procedures at the institute where research using live and inactivated virus was carried out.
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UN health agency hosts meeting to fight spread of animal diseases to humans

30 April 2004
With SARS, bird flu and other diseases linked to animals threatening human epidemics, the United Nations health agency is hosting a three-day meeting of international experts at its Geneva headquarters next week to improve surveillance, avert the occurrence and minimize the impact of such illnesses.

WHO team travels to Beijing to help investigate source of SARS

26 April 2004
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today is sending the first members of an international team to help investigate the source of cases of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) recently reported in Beijing and the eastern province of Anhui, which have now doubled to eight, following a request of China’s Health Ministry.

SARS situation in China potentially serious with possible new cluster - WHO

23 April 2004
The United Nations health agency said today the SARS situation in China is considered potentially serious because of the multiple opportunities for exposure by hundreds of potential contacts after four possible cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - including one death - were reported in the last two days.
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UN health agency sends team to China to probe SARS case

8 January 2004
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today dispatched a team of experts to Guangzhou, China, to investigate a case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

China has confirmed case of SARS, UN health agency says

5 January 2004
A man in the southern Guangdong Province of China has Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), the United Nations lead health agency said today after tests confirmed diagnosis of the disease, which does not appear to be spreading.