Is Toronto SARS-free? Experts say probably, but too soon to say

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Is Toronto SARS-free? Experts say probably, but too soon to say

By HELEN BRANSWELL
Canadian Press
07/09/03

TORONTO (CP) - Now that both the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization have dropped all warnings against travel to Toronto, can Canada's largest city bill itself as SARS-free?

Experts suggest the answer is probably, but not definitely. And given the city's earlier setback on the road to SARS containment, they think making such a proclamation would be foolhardy. "I'd like to be able to say that, but I think it's still time to be cautious," said Dr. Andrew Simor, chief microbiologist at Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre.

"I think that we are likely SARS-free, but we still have patients in hospital who are being treated. And I think it's proper and prudent to be cautious at this point rather than just say that it's all over."

 

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