sars

Dr. David Heymann

SARS: UN health agency clears Toronto after 20 days without transmission

2 July 2003
The United Nations health agency today removed Toronto, Canada, from its list of areas with recent local transmission of SARS, leaving Taiwan Province as the only region in the world still to have experienced recent local transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.

No new probable cases of SARS reported anywhere in two weeks, says WHO

30 June 2003
With no new probable cases of the Severe Acute respiratory Syndrome (SARS) reported anywhere in the world since 15 June, the United Nations health agency said today it is moving from an emergency response to a research-based agenda aimed at preventing any future resurgence of the disease that claimed 811 lives and registered 8,447 cases globally.

New SARS case in China does not indicate new transmission – UN agency

26 June 2003
A new probable case of SARS has been reported in China’s Guangdong Province, which was removed from the list of areas with recent local transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome on 13 June, but the United Nations health agency said it was a reclassification of a suspect case and did not indicate a new transmission.

UN health agency lifts travel warning for Beijing, last place on SARS watch list

24 June 2003
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today lifted its final SARS travel warning, removing Beijing, locus of one of the largest outbreaks of the newly emergent Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, from the list of places where all but essential travel should be avoided.

WHO removes Hong Kong from list of areas with recent local SARS transmission

23 June 2003
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today removed Hong Kong, which has reported the second largest number of SARS cases and deaths after China, from the list of areas with recent local transmission of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.

WHO removes Taiwan Province from SARS travel alert list, leaving only Beijing

17 June 2003
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today removed its recommendation to postpone all but essential travel to Taiwan Province of China, leaving just Beijing on the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) alert list.
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WHO removes parts of China from SARS travel alert list

13 June 2003
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today removed travel restriction to Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and Tianjin in China, leaving just two areas, Beijing and Taiwan Province, on the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) alert list.

WHO satisfied China has 'excellent' SARS response measures in place

12 June 2003
The leader of a United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) assessment team in China said today he was satisfied that "excellent" measures for the immediate response to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) are now in place, although the lack of a sustainable surveillance system was still a source of concern.

WHO deeply concerned by resurgence of SARS cases in Toronto

11 June 2003
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today it was deeply concerned by the resurgence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Toronto, Canada, which had been removed last month from the list of areas with recent local transmission.

UN health agency team travels to China to assess SARS situation

10 June 2003
A team from the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) travelled to China today to confer with health officials there about the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the country and exchange views on the next steps forward.