UC Berkeley lifts SARS-related limits

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UC Berkeley lifts SARS-related limits

By Michelle Maitre
07/16/03

University of California, Berkeley has lifted all SARS-related travel and enrollment limits, officials announced Friday.

The news followed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announcements that significantly eased worldwide travel restrictions following the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, a respiratory illness that originated in Asia and quickly spread around the globe.

"All of our policies have been based on CDC guidelines, and since CDC has virtually eliminated all the travel advisories, so have we," said George Strait, Berkeley's assistant vice chancellor for public affairs.

In May, Berkeley was criticized by foreign students and faculty after it announ-ced that students from SARS-affected areas would not be able to enroll in summer programs. Officials feared they didn't have the facilities to isolate students who showed signs of the flu-like illness. Berkeley was believed to be the first institute of higher education to enact such limits.

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