Beginning of a pandemic?

[MrBishop]

Canada takes another hit:

Two more deaths in Canada...one new outbreak in Vancouver

As of April 1, 2003, Health Canada has received reports of approximately 151 probable or suspect cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Canada. There have been six deaths in Canada. All Canadian cases have occurred in persons who have traveled to Asia or had contact with SARS cases in the household or in a health-care setting. The information contained in this update is based on the best available information Health Canada has at this time.

The details of the cases to date are as follows:

Ontario is reporting 56 probable and 68 suspect cases. All cases have occurred in persons who have traveled to Asia or had contact with SARS cases in the household or in a health-care setting.
British Columbia is reporting 2 probable and 12 suspect cases.
New Brunswick is reporting one suspect case.
Saskatchewan is reporting one suspect case.
Alberta is reporting 7 suspect cases.
Prince Edward Island is reporting 4 suspect cases.


Source

 

[MrBishop]

Country Number of Cases Number of Deaths
Canada 53 4
China, Guangdong Province 806** 34
China, Hong Kong SAR 530 13***
China, Taiwan 10 0
France 1 0
Germany 5 0
Italy 2 0
Republic of Ireland 2 0
Romania 3 0
Singapore 91 2
Switzerland 3 0
Thailand 5 1
United Kingdom 3 0
United States 59 0
Vietnam 58 4
TOTAL 1631 58
*Cumulative number of cases includes deaths. Case definitions vary from one country to another. Only probable cases are being reported by all countries except the US which is reporting suspect cases under investigation.

 

[Leslie]

CNN's scrolly thing at the bottom is now saying because of SARS, don't visit Singapore, Hong Kong, or Toronto

 

[Gonz]

We'll mail you hugs & kisses (for now)

 

[Aunty Em]

There have been no further cases of SARS here for the last 10 days.

 

[MrBishop]

British Columbia 2 16 0
Alberta 0 7 0
Saskatchewan 0 1 0
Manitoba 0 0 0
Ontario 60 69 6
Quebec 0 0 0
Nova Scotia 0 0 0
Newfoundland 0 0 0
New Brunswick 0 1 0
Prince Edward Island 0 4 0
Nunavut 0 0 0
North West Territories 0 0 0
Yukon 0 0 0

 

[Gonz]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush issued an executive order on Friday allowing the forced quarantine of patients with a mysterious new illness that has killed 80 people, as well as patients with other diseases such as Ebola.

The order allows the Health and Human Services secretary to decide when such a quarantine is needed.

It calls for the "apprehension, detention or conditional release of individuals to prevent the introduction, transmission or spread of suspected communicable diseases."

It names Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, which has affected a suspected 115 people in the United States and 2,400 worldwide, killing around 80.

The order also names cholera, diphtheria, infectious tuberculosis, plague, smallpox, yellow fever and viral hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola, Lassa and Marburg.