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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (804)	11/25/2003 11:59:55 PM
From: Henry Niman	Respond to of 1070

Japanese being tested for SARS in Hong Kong HONG KONG (AP) - A Japanese man who flew in from mainland China has been hospitalized with fever and was being tested Wednesday for SARS, officials said. The 29-year-old man, who had been in the mainland city of Dalian, was being treated in isolation at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, a Hospital Authority spokeswoman said. The man was in stable condition and authorities were conducting various tests, including one for the SARS virus, the spokeswoman said on customary condition of anonymity. The spokeswoman said she had no more details. A report on Hong Kong's Commercial Radio said the man's chest X-ray showed patches _ which can appear in SARS patients. An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome early this year sickened 1,755 people in Hong Kong and killed 299. Although SARS was eventually contained, Hong Kong remains on high alert for any reappearance. There have been several recent false alarms but no new SARS cases detected. - AP thestar.com.my

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (804)	11/26/2003 12:41:52 AM
From: Henry Niman	Respond to of 1070

From last spring: SARS: SARS Spreads to Northern Chinese City of Dalian 2003-05-12 DALIAN, China -- The northern Chinese city of Dalian on Monday reported its first two confirmed cases of SARS, one of which died on May 2. Health officials last week were unsure whether the man who had died had the deadly virus which has killed at least 235 people in China since November, city officials said. However, health officials ruled he was a SARS case posthumously after they determined one of his co-workers, now Dalian’s only living confirmed case, has the virus. This city of about five million has about 100 people in quarantine, and about 200 more are being monitored, officials said. While many Chinese businessmen on Monday continued to hide from the virus in their homes, university students expressed confidence in the measures the national, provincial and city governments in China have taken to prevent the further spread of the disease. “Our government has taken steps to prevent the spread (of the disease),” said one student at the Dalian University of Finance and Economics. The Dalian city government said on May 1 that all people traveling to the city from areas hard hit by the virus -- like Beijing and Guangdong Province -- are to stay in quarantine for 10 days upon arrival before they are free to move about in the city. However, Dalian hotels, many of which have been ordered to set up areas to house guests in quarantine, reported last week that travelers from these areas are easily circumventing this order by either having a friend check them in or by staying at a friend’s house. This is not the only preventative measure taken by the city that is being circumvented. Vehicles from other provinces are being turned away at roadblocks on major roads into the city. However, many drivers are circumventing these roadblocks by taking minor streets without roadblocks into the city. Other students said they have faith that science will find a way to control the disease soon. “We are optimists,” said another DUFE student. “We don’t think SARS will last long. Science will develop a (cure) for it.”

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (804)	11/26/2003 11:09:51 AM
From: Henry Niman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1070

SARS fear at Ontario residence By KEVIN CONNOR, TORONTO SUN Two recent deaths caused by an undiagnosed respiratory illness at an Etobicoke seniors' home have sparked fears that SARS has returned. Two homes for the elderly are currently labelled "hot spots," and paramedics are back to wearing full protective SARS gear to enter the facilities, ambulance union representative Jerry Dobson said. "We don't know if the (recent) deaths are a SARS scare or the real thing," Dobson said. The World Health Organization has warned that SARS may return this winter. Toronto Public Health is still investigating the cause of the two deaths on Saturday at Kipling Acres on Kipling Ave. If the cause of the deaths is influenza, there are tests that can quickly determine that, said Dr. Donald Low, a leader on the province's SARS containment team. Two floors at Lakeshore Lodge seniors' home on Lakeshore Blvd. W. have also been labelled respiratory hot spots, Dobson said. This may be the first in a string of SARS scares, Low said, adding, "I'm not thinking the worst." canoe.ca