The SARS Epidemic: The Scientists; More SARS Cases Are Reported; Virus Found to Persist in Patients

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Business/Financial Desk | May 2, 2003, Friday
THE SARS EPIDEMIC: THE SCIENTISTS; More SARS Cases Are Reported; Virus Found to Persist in Patients

By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN (NYT) 1661 words
Late Edition - Final , Section A , Page 1 , Column 5

ABSTRACT - Dismaying developments in Canada, Hong Kong and Taiwan underscore capriciousness of SARS; health officials in Canada announce two new possible cases in Toronto, first identified there in 11 days; in Hong Kong many patients who seemed to have recovered and were discharged from hospital may still have some SARS virus in their bodies, raising possibility they might still be able to spread disease; scientists in Taiwan report 11 new cases and 2 additional deaths; Taiwan's caseload has more than doubled in week, to 89; local authorities are putting large numbers of people into quarantine; SARS continues to rage in China, particularly Beijing, where 122 new cases are reported, bringing city's total to more than 1,550 and national total to 3,638; World Health Orgn officials are particularly disturbed to learn that one Toronto case was tentatively diagnosed before Canadian health officials traveled to Geneva to try to persuade WHO to reverse travel advisory; photo (M) Dismaying developments in three nations yesterday underscored the capriciousness of SARS, the respiratory virus that had seemed to be coming under control in many countries.

In Canada, health officials announced two new possible cases in Toronto, the first identified there in 11 days. The cases involved health care workers in two hospitals where the disease, severe acute respiratory syndrome, had spread in the past.



 

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