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>From: "Andrew M Scarry" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "Bashyr Aziz" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: SARS
>Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 08:57:52 -0500
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>Hello Bashyr,
>
>I found this from a Singapore website (http://sg.news.yahoo.com/). They've
>done quite well with their site layout, leaving it easy to navigate and get
>info on SARS. Also with a more international interest. Here in Toronto, we
>seemed to be inundated with our own SARS concerns (notice the amount in
>quarantine!).
>
>Thursday April 3, 10:23 AM
>FACTBOX-Latest toll from deadly virus by country
>(Updates figures for Canada, Italy, Singapore, Thailand, United States; adds
>Belgium, Spain)
>HONG KONG, April 3 (Reuters) - A pneumonia-like virus that has killed nearly
>80 people and infected over 2,300 others is being spread around the world by
>travellers.
>
>The outbreak started in southern China late last year before showing up in
>Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam, Canada, Germany and elsewhere in recent
>weeks.
>
>Deaths have been reported in China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Canada, Singapore
>and Thailand.
>
>Forty-six people have died in China and 1,190 cases have been reported.
>
>Below is a list of the latest figures by country.
>
> CASES* DEATHS QUARANTINED
> CHINA 1,190 46
> HONG KONG 685 16 Over 1,200
> SINGAPORE 98 4 977
> VIETNAM 62 4
> UNITED STATES 72# 0
> CANADA 160~ 6 thousands
> TAIWAN 13 0 1,147
> THAILAND 7 2
> GERMANY 5 0
> UK 3 0
> ROMANIA 3 0
> SWITZERLAND 3 0
> ITALY 3 0
> FRANCE 4~~ 0
> REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 2 0
> AUSTRALIA 1** 0
> BELGIUM 1 0
> SPAIN 1 0
> TOTAL 2,313 78
>
>(Sources: World Health Organisation and/or local health officials.)
>
>* Cases include number of deaths. Figures from mainland China are now
>included in WHO statistics.
>
># Due to differences in the case definitions, probable cases are reported by
>all countries except the United States, which is reporting suspect cases
>under investigation.
>
>~ Canadian figure includes suspect or probable cases.
>
>~~ French figures are suspected cases.
>
>** Australia says the one suspected infected person has recovered and is not
>believed to have infected anyone else.
>
Regards
Bashyr Aziz
School of Health
University of Wolverhampton
Walsall, WS1 3BD
Tel: 01902 322848 Fax: 01902 322886
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