In a message dated 4/23/2003 10:22:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, Group44TR7
writes:
> The US government has place a travel advisory on
> Toronto because of
> concerns about the SARs virus.
>From another list I'm on (not car-related). Information relative to a Library
>conference in Toronto in the latter part of June:
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last night issued
additional information on severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) for
Americans traveling to Toronto. In an interim travel alert, the CDC recommends
that U.S. travelers to Toronto observe precautions to safeguard their health,
which are outlined online at:
<http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/travel_advice.htm>. While the health
organization advises avoiding settings such as health care facilities caring
for SARS cases, the CDC is not advising against travel in Canada.
"'The cases there (Toronto) are still linked to index cases,' CDC Director Dr.
Julie Gerberding told CNN. 'The disease is spread from face-to-face contact
with known cases of SARS. So the average traveler is not going to be at risk.'
"According to the World Health Organization (WHO), most cases of SARS occur in
persons who have had close face-to-face contact with SARS patients. Most of the
people infected and those in voluntary quarantine in Toronto are health care
workers or patients who had contact with the two hospitals first affected by
the outbreak, according to ABC News. The WHO has not issued a travel advisory
for Toronto."
--Andy Mace
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