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To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (15927)	4/26/2003 3:28:11 PM
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Canada Says Toronto Safe For Visitors Canadian officials are setting out to promote Toronto, as the city's troubles with SARS continue. Officials hope the WHO will rescind its SARS travel warning for Toronto soon. But two more deaths from the disease have been reported, bringing the total in the Toronto area to 18. The city also has more than 250 suspected cases. Prime Minister Jean Chretien said he spoke to the organization Friday, and Toronto's SARS situation is to be reviewed next week. WHO officials said they commend Canada's handling of the SARS outbreak, but they won't rescind the travel warning until the disease has been contained. Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman is promising travelers they will have a good time in the city, which he said remains a safe, healthy place to visit. The SARS travel warning has caused several groups to cancel or postpone conferences scheduled in Toronto. While the WHO is urging people not to travel to Toronto unless absolutely necessary, the United States hasn't added the city to its list of restricted travel areas. "There is no evidence that travelers to (Toronto) are at any different risk of acquiring SARS than they are from going to any number of the other countries in the world where sporadic cases have cropped up among returning travelers," Gerberding said. However, the CDC is alerting travelers to Canada about the SARS situation in Toronto and urging them to avoid the city's health care facilities, where the disease may be transmitted. And the world's two largest cruise lines said they will screen every passenger who either is from Toronto or traveled through Toronto for SARS symptoms. Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean Cruise officials said they will bar any of those passengers with a fever over 100.4 degrees or other symptoms. Both Miami-based lines have already banned passengers who have traveled to China, Singapore, Hong Kong or Vietnam within two weeks of a departure. Company officials said the move is prompted by the WHO's decision to add Toronto to the list of places travelers should avoid. Concerns about SARS have prompted a religious order to tell hundreds of Toronto-area pilgrims to stay away from an annual outdoor Mass scheduled for Sunday in Massachusetts. The Marian Fathers' special Mass annually draws more than 20,000 people to the scenic Shrine of Divine Mercy in the Berkshire Hills. The state's chief epidemiologist recommended the move because the disease is highly contagious. Kathleen Ervin, a spokeswoman for the Marians, said the order had been expecting 11 tour buses from the Toronto area. Now, she said any groups arriving from Toronto at the Sunday Mass will be asked to leave.