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SARS poses 'huge challenges' but global response offers hope, UN experts say

18 May 2003
The outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) poses enormous public health challenges, but the international response offers hope for tackling them, experts said following a two-day United Nations meeting of epidemiologists in Geneva.
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WHO extends SARS-related travel advice to Hebei province in China

17 May 2003
As a result of ongoing assessments about outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today said people planning to go to Hebei province of China should consider postponing all but essential travel.

WHO issues guidelines for hosting persons arriving from SARS high-risk areas

15 May 2003
Stressing that the best defence is not exclusion but rather good management, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today issued guidelines for mass gatherings or hosting of persons arriving from areas heavily impacted by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

WHO removes Toronto from list of areas with recent local transmission of SARS

14 May 2003
The United Nations health agency today removed Toronto, Canada, from the list of areas with recent local transmission of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), saying it has been 20 days since the last isolation of a locally acquired case and the city therefore met the criteria for the change in status.

WHO sees encouraging indications that SARS can be contained

13 May 2003
The World Health Organization (WHO) said today experiences in a growing number of countries indicate that the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) can be contained, and therefore prevented from becoming widely established as another new disease in humans.

UN tourism body warns against overreaction to SARS

12 May 2003
The impact of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) on many tourism destinations is already greater than last year's terrorist attack on Bali and airlines have been hit harder than they were by the war in Iraq, but the industry should not over-react, according to the United Nations-affiliated World Tourism Organization (WTO).
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Top UN health official discusses SARS with Chinese authorities

9 May 2003
A top United Nations health official arrived in China today to discuss severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) with senior authorities of the country where the newly emergent disease first struck and by the far the largest number of cases and fatalities have so far been reported.

WHO issues SARS warning on travel to three more Chinese regions

8 May 2003
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today added three more regions of China to its travel advisory against all but essential travel because of outbreaks of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
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Senior UN health official praises Hong Kong’s 'heroic' efforts against SARS

7 May 2003
A senior United Nations health official has praised the “heroic” efforts taken by Hong Kong, the second largest locus of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) after the rest of China, to contain the new and potentially deadly disease.
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WHO revises estimates of fatality ratio in SARS cases

7 May 2003
The United Nations health agency today revised its initial estimates of the case fatality ratio of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), saying that the proportion of people who contract illness, and then are likely to die from it, depends on factors such as the age group affected.