Foreign
Desk
| May 20, 2003, Tuesday
No Cases of
SARS Have Been Transmitted on Airlines Since
March, W.H.O. Reports
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN (NYT) 960
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Late Edition - Final , Section A ,
Page 6 , Column 1
ABSTRACT
- World Health Orgn reports no cases of SARS
have been transmitted on airline flights
since late Mar, after it recommended that
countries and airlines screen passengers and
crew members departing from affected areas;
says most recent affected flight was on Mar
23, from Bangkok to Beijing, four days
before it made its recommendations on air
travel; Taiwan, which is battling epidemic
of SARS, is unsuccessful in its effort to
use disease as reason to gain observer
status in WHO; photo (M) A small number of
SARS cases have been transmitted on airline
flights, but none since the World Health
Organization recommended in late March that
countries and airlines screen passengers and
crew members departing from affected areas,
the agency said yesterday.
In total, the health agency is aware of
35 flights where there was a passenger with
SARS. On four of the flights, the virus that
causes severe acute respiratory syndrome was
probably transmitted to about 16 passengers
and crew members, the W.H.O. said after
analyzing information it had received
through May 12.
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