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SARS

No Cure
"No drugs are known to work against coronaviruses.", from Cold Virus Linked to Outbreak by The Washington Post.

If treated early

"Doctors in Hong Kong have successfully treated some of the worst sufferers of the killer pneumonia virus using serum from recovered patients, a top doctor and public health expert said on Monday.", from HK doctors use antibodies to treat pneumonia victims by Reuters
"Ribavirin, one of the drugs used to treat the illness, could have side-effects on foetuses under 16 weeks and the risk was reduced only after the 28th week of pregnancy, they said. ", from Fear grips HK as killer pneumonia spreads by Australian Broadcasting Corporation
"Hong Kong doctors have been treating patients with ribavirin -- an antivirus drug -- and steroids.", from Four More Succumb to Killer Virus by Reuters

Death Toll
04/12 Canadian Press: French doctor dies of SARS in Vietnam; death toll 5- all health care workers
03/24 AFP: The French embassy in the Vietnamese capital said a local nurse and doctor working at the French Hospital there died Monday after falling ill with SARS, bringing the death toll in Hanoi since the epidemic began this month to four.
03/19 AP: French doctor dies in Vietnam, latest possible victim of mystery disease
03/13 Reuters: A Hanoi nurse died of the virus on Saturday

Hotline SARS Numbers:
California: (800) 550- 5234 or (800) 750 - 2858 (Vietnamese language)
Massachusetts:
(866) 627-7968

Travel warning:
Health Canada: Health Travel Advisory
04/16
Saudi: "To stop SARS at its gates, the Saudi health ministry said Monday it would ban the entry of visitors from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Vietnam.", from SARS claims 11 more in Asia as Europe probes its first possible fatality by AFP 04/15

Malaysia: ""Malaysia will continue travel restrictions on residents of Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Vietnam and Canada to keep the SARS virus from spreading, health minister Chua Jui Meng said on Monday. ", from Malaysia says visa ban remains on SARS countries by Reuters 04/14
New Zealand: Toronto, Vietnam SARS no-go zones 04/07

INFO
Các thắc mắt thường gặp về H™i Chứng Hô Hấp Cấp Tính Nặng by British Columbia Provincial Health Officer
Frequently Asked Questions - Vietnamese
by British Columbia Provincial Health Officer 04/18
SAR gene
by British Columbia Genome Science Centre of Canada
World Health Organization

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
FACT SHEET
from U.S. Department of State
Information on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) from Health Canada
Answers to some questions about SARS by Canadian Press
Answers to Some Questions About SARS by AP
All you need to know about SARS
by Reuters
FACTBOX-Deadly SARS virus: frequently asked questions by Reuters


Vietnamese authorities are considering a proposal to suspend flights from Taiwan after a Vietnamese worker died of SARS in Taipei, state-run media reported yesterday," from Vietnam ponders ban on flights by The Taipei Times
05/29
SARS fears gag Vietnamese doctors 05/27<
US drops SARS travel warning for Vietnam 05/25<

Vietnamese students released from SARS quarantine 05/12

Vietnam to scale down SARS measures
05/10
Vietnam pays tribute to the late Carlo Urbani, the WHO's SARS hero
05/09
"Hoang Thuy Long, head of the Tropical Medicine Institute in Hanoi, said it has been confirmed that four Vietnamese students who returned to Vietnam from Beijing last weekend, as well as a Chinese man, do not have severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). ", from Vietnam clears suspected SARS patients by Kyodo 05/08
Picture: A health worker sanitizes a pre-departure isolation center in Hanoi reserved for Vietnamese laborers heading to Malaysia and Taiwan, May 8, 2003. 05/08
"A genetic study of 14 samples of SARS -- a new member of the coronavirus family -- taken from patients in Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, Vietnam and Beijing and Guangzhou in China shows it is quite stable.", from Research Studies Shed New Light on SARS Virus By Patricia Reaney, Reuters 05/08
"A genetic study of 14 samples of SARS -- a new member of the coronavirus family -- taken from patients in Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, Vietnam and Beijing and Guangzhou in China shows it is quite stable.", from Research Studies Shed New Light on SARS Virus By Patricia Reaney, Reuters 05/07
Halt of SARS in Vietnam Could Hold Lessons for Other Nations
05/07
""Up to now I can say that the ASEAN member countries have succeeded in containing SARS," said the deputy secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Tran Duc Minh. ", from Southeast Asia winning SARS battle: ASEAN deputy chief by AFP 05/07
"THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) will arrest crewmembers of mv Vinh Hoa, the vessel from Vietnam which docked at the Bredco port in Reclamation area Monday, if they do not cooperate with the boarding authority, which placed them under quarantine to prevent the possible spread of the deadly illness Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars). ", from Ship's crew banned from disembarking By Robert L. Bacasong and Avelyn Z. Agudon of Sun.Star 05/06
Chinese SARS patients discovered in Vietnam
05/06
"The control of SARS in Hanoi, Vietnam, has shown that even basic techniques in a country with limited health resources can control an outbreak, said WHO spokesman Dick Thompson. ", from Health Officials See Chance to Stop SARS by AP 05/06
"WHO€™s Heymann and others credited Vietnam€™s aggressive quarantine of its Hanoi French Hospital, where the first cases turned up, as the key factor in stopping the spread of the virus.", from SARS waning in some areas by Daily Times 05/05
Vietnam Took Lead In Containing SARS 05/05
Picture: Vu Khac Khoan, who recovered from SARS while at Bach Mai Hospital, claps in appreciation of the doctors and nurses who cared for him. He was released from the hospital on Friday 05/05
"The officials in Negros Occidental Province said the two Korean and 19 Vietnamese crew of the M/V Ansac Orient, which arrived Thursday, have been found by medical quarantine officials to be free of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).", from Cargo ship from China quarantined in Philippines by Kyodo 05/05
 "Nor have destinations like Vietnam been spared fears over the flu-like virus, despite being declared SARS-free by the World Health Organisation.", from Southeast Asian tour operators bemoan "lost" summer by Reuters 05/05
"However, the foreign office last week lifted warnings against travelling to Toronto in Canada and to Vietnam.", from Australians urged to avoid Taiwan due SARS fears by Reuters 05/05
"Air passengers coming from Canada, Vietnam, Philippines and Thailand would be screened at airports prior to entry. ", from Six Gulf states mull travel ban on SARS-hit states by Reuters 05/05
"Sudanese authorities notified Egypt's national air carrier, EgyptAir, Saturday of its decision to prevent people from six countries - the U.S., Canada, the U.K., China, Singapore and Vietnam - from entering the African country, Egyptian airport officials told The Associated Press.", from Sudan Bars Travelers From US, Other SARS-Affected Nations by AP 05/04
"Vietnam, which has had five SARS deaths, is the only affected country to have achieved this goal after passing 20 days -- twice the SARS incubation period -- without a new case.", from WHO team to go to Taiwan after sharp rise in SARS cases by AFP 05/03
"The Sars virus outbreak may put a brake on regional executive postings, just when such jobs for Singaporeans are taking off in countries like China and Vietnam.", from SARS may brake growing overseas executive postings for Singaporeans by Channel NewsAsia 05/03
"The minimum wage in northern Mexico is $3.90 a day, compared to some $18 a month in Vietnam.", from Mexican firms seek SARS export bonus to lift gloom By Alistair Bell, AP 05/03
Picture: Phung Mai Quan (R), a Vietnamese student returning from China capital city Beijing, talks with his mother through the glass door of a terminal at Hanoi's Noi Bai airport late May 2, 2003 05/03
Picture: Nguyen Ngoc Tam (L), a Vietnamese student returning from China's capital city Beijing, communicates with his relatives through the glass door of an airport terminal at Hanoi's Noi Bai airport late May 2, 2003. 05/03
Vietnam holds to 2003 GDP target despite SARS 05/03
Vietnamese tourism sector fights back after SARS 05/02
Vietnamese students seen fleeing SARS-hit China 05/02
"THE boarding authority on Monday is preparing the necessary precautions at the Bredco port for the arrival of a rice vessel from Vietnam, which has been earlier reported to have had a case of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars). ", from Port on alert for ship from Vietnam By Avelyn Z. Agudon of Sun.Star 05/02
"Vietnam's health ministry says about 2,000 students due to return shortly from China will be placed in a quarantine centre for 14 days to prevent another outbreak of SARS.", from Vietnam to quarantine students returning from China by ABC Radio Australia News 05/02
"Two days ago Australia withdraw a warning against travelling to Vietnam after the Southeast Asian country was declared to be free of the flu-like virus.", from Australia withdraws warning over travel to Canada by Reuters 05/02
"While participants at the conference hailed successes in controlling the illness in Canada and Vietnam, they noted there still is no cure or even a sure diagnostic test for SARS. ", from Probable New SARS Case in Toronto by AP
Vietnam Airlines Slashes Fares To Boost Post-SARS Tourism 05/02
"Earlier this week it downgraded its travel advisory for Vietnam to a less serious travel alert, which doesn't advise against travel there but informs travelers of a health concern.", from US CDC Issues Travel Advisory For Taiwan by Dow Jones 05/02
"Vietnam's state-owned airline, meanwhile, slashed fares by 20 to 40 percent to attract travelers after the World Health Organization declared the country the first to contain SARS.", from China Calls for 'People's War' on SARS by AP 05/02
"The survey covered U.S. companies in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, which account for about US$35 billion in regional investments.", from U.S. firms to expand in Asia despite SARS by Reuters 05/02
"Vietnam's decision to put students returning from Friday from China into a quarantine centre for 14 days was the "most efficient way of preventing any outbreak," a health ministry spokesman said in Hanoi. ", from SARS claims 23 more lives as Vietnam announces mass quarantine by AFP 05/02
"SARS (news - web sites) claimed 19 more lives in China and Hong Kong as Vietnam -- the first country to bring the disease under control -- announced it would quarantine 2,000 students due back from China to prevent another outbreak. ", from SARS claims 19 more lives as Vietnam announces mass quarantine by AFP 05/02
"Vietnam's health ministry said that more than 2,000 students due to return from China over the next few days would be placed in a quarantine centre for 14 days to prevent another outbreak of SARS", from Vietnam to quarantine students returning from China by AFP 05/02
Picture: Nurses hold flowers to mark the releasing of the last SARS (news - web sites) patients from their institute in Hanoi 05/02
Vietnamese Cautiously Hail Progress on SARS 05/01
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is expected to lift its restrictions soon on travelers coming from Vietnam, since the World Health Organization (WHO) has removed Vietnam from its list of SARS-affected countries", from Restrictions on Travel From Vietnam to Taiwan May be Lifted Soon by Asia Pulse 04/30
"Australia on Wednesday lifted a warning against travel to Vietnam after the Southeast Asian country was declared to be free of the killer SARS virus that has appeared in several parts of Asia. ", from Australia withdraws warning over travel to Vietnam by Reuters 04/30
Vietnam shows how to beat SARS
04/30
Vietnam off quarantine list, Macau guidelines issued 04/30
"Political will and openness seen as the key to beating Sars - as well as good old-fashioned anti-infection methods.", from Vietnam's victory By Asad Latif, The Straits Times 04/30
Picture: Vietnam's Health Minister Tran Thi Trung Chien tells the media her country has Sars under control 04/30
Vietnam First Country to Contain SARS 04/29
Vietnam Controls SARS, But China Still Suffering 04/29
Vietnam 1st Country To Contain SARS; How Did They Do It? 04/29
Japan lifts SARS related travel warning on Hanoi 04/29
Russian mayor wants Chinese, Vietnamese isolated to combat SARS 04/29
Asian SARS summit buoyed by Vietnam, worried over China
04/29
Vietnam Steps Up Vigilance Against SARS 04/29
Picture: A tourist wears a protective mask and a Vietnamese military hat as he tours downtown Hanoi on a cyclo 04/29
Picture: Part of the Vietnamese government delegation that arrived here this morning from Hanoi could not be tested for SARS due to opposition from state government officials 04/29
W.Bengal opposes SARS tests on Vietnam team 04/29
SARS-free Vietnam sees no quick business relief
04/29
Vietnam declared SARS free
04/29
Vietnam Province Bans Chinese Tourists After Stopping SARS 04/29
Vietnam shows way on SARS: WHO 04/29
"A total of 33 international flights from Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Toronto, all scheduled for to travel to Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek airport as their final destination, were canceled yesterday, a day after the government tightened restrictions on travellers from SARS-hit areas, Chinese-language media reported yesterday.", from HK and Singapore flights canceled by The Taipei Times 04/29
SARS infections wane in Vietnam 04/28
Vietnam Readies For WHO To Declare Country Safe From SARS 04/28
SARS paralyses trade on the Vietnam-China frontier 04/28
No Foreign Tourists Have Contracted Sars in Vietnam: Vnat 04/28
WHO/Vietnam/Contain SARS: Five Deaths, 63 Infections 04/28
WHO/Vietnam/Contain SARS:Hope For Other SARS-Hit Areas 04/28
2ND LD: Vietnam says it has contained SARS outbreak 04/28
Picture: Vietnamese Health Minister Tran Thi Trung Chien (L) addresses a press conference in Hanoi, declaring Vietnam has brought the SARS (news - web sites) epidemic under control as Pascale Brudon (R), World Health Organization (news - web sites) representative looks on 04/28
SARS Peaks in Canada, Spore, HK, Vietnam - WHO 04/28
China battles SARS gloom as Vietnam provides ray of hope 04/28
SARS has run its course in Vietnam, WHO says 04/28
Vietnam declares SARS outbreak containeds 04/28
"The World Health Organization (news - web sites) lifted its advisory today against travel to Vietnam and said that SARS (news - web sites) infections appeared to be dwindling in Singapore, Canada and here, but it warned that the disease was still spreading in China. ", from W.H.O. Lifts Vietnam Advisory By KEITH BRADSHER The New York Times 04/28
Vietnam declares SARS victory, China still on back foot 04/28
Vietnam First to Contain SARS 04/28
Vietnam has won praise for acting swiftly to become the first country to control SARS.", from How Vietnam beat the bug by CNN 04/28
Vietnam becomes first to tame SARS 04/28
Vietnam may be removed from SARS list 04/28
Vietnam says it has contained SARS 04/28
WHO says Vietnam to be first country to beat SARS 04/28
Vietnam contains Sars outbreak 04/28
WHO Declares Vietnam First Country to Contain SARS 04/28
Vietnam has Sars under control 04/28
Vietnam on brink of curbing SARS 04/27
Video: SARS Devastates Vietnamese Tourism 04/26
"The Center for Southeast Asian Studies canceled trips to Vietnam and China, affecting about two dozen students and faculty, Samaan said.", from UH cancels all trips to SARS-infected areas By Mike Gordon, Honolulu Advertiser Staff Writer 04/26
"On Tuesday, state Department of Health officials said Regional had seen its first suspected SARS patient, a Pennington County man who recently returned from Hanoi, Vietnam.", from SARS doesn't frighten Regional Hospital ER staff By Bill Cissell, Rapid City Journal Staff Writer 04/26
SEA Games will go on in Vietnam despite Sars scare
04/26
Vietnam on verge of removal from SARS list--WHO 04/26
Vietnam succeeds in SARS fight: WHO 04/26
Vietnam could be first country to contain SARS 04/26
Vietnam's SARS reponse augurs well for region's Games 04/26
WHO: Vietnam may defeat SARS, and world has chance to follow suit 04/25
"Vietnam has approved several measures aimed at preventing the spread of SARS, including requiring health certificates from all foreign visitors, but it has stopped short of sealing its border with virus-hit China.", from Vietnam says visitors must have health clearance by Reuters 04/24
SARS Under Control in Vietnam, says WHO 04/24
Vietnam increases alert over SARS 04/24
US Says Vietnam Embassy Staff Can Flee SARS 04/24
WHO Says Vietnam Shows SARS Can Be Tamed 04/24
CORRECTED-US lets some embassy staff leave Vietnam over SARS
04/23
"Bahrain's ban applies to travelers arriving from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Vietnam "until health conditions settle down," said Health Ministry spokeswoman Mariam al-Jalahma ", from India sounds red alert; Bahrain bans Asians - SARS claims 17 more by Agencies 04/22
US Vietnamese embassy offers SARS escape
04/22
"The ban on travel includes trips to China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam. ", from UK Prohibits Travel To Far East by The Associated Press04/22
""We have a group of people that's supposed to go on April 25 to Vietnam but I don't think anybody's going, and the same with May and June," said Truong, who runs Viets Travel, 10659 103 St. ", from Travel agents left with sick feeling By AJAY BHARDWAJ, EDMONTON SUN04/22
Easter, SARS, Vietnam and the Sea Games
04/20
Vietnam considers closing Chinese border to fight SARS 04/19
 Vietnam mulls closing Chinese border in bid to fight SARS
04/19
Vietnam may shut China land border on SARS fears 04/19
B.C. translates SARS Internet bulletins to Chinese, Punjabi, Vietnamese 04/18
Vietnam not yet ready to postpone SEAG over SARS 04/18
" MALAYSIA will pull out of the Vietnam Sea Games in December if the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in that country gets worse. ", from Sport Check: SARS could cost us Vietnam by New Straits Times 04/18
"Vietnamese and Canadian citizens, which previously did not need a visa to enter the country, were required to apply for a visa. ", from Malaysia lifts visa restrictions imposed on SARS countries by Kyodo News
Picture: A Vietnamese army soldier sprays disinfectant in Hanoi. ...04/17
Picture: Medical workers of the Vietnamese military force spray chemicals to decontaminate the Vietnam-France Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, April 17, 2003. ...04/17
Picture: A medical worker of the Vietnam military force sprays chemicals to decontaminate the Vietnam-France Hospital in Hanoi, April 17, 2003. ...04/17
Picture: A bust of famous French chemist Louis Pasteur, donning a surgical mask, is displayed at the entrance of the Vietnam-France Hospital in Hanoi April 17, 2003....04/17
Picture: A doctor from the Vietnam military medical force checks the smoke valve on a vehicle being used to decontaminate the Vietnam-France Hospital, in Hanoi April 17, 2003. ...04/17
Picture: A medical worker of the Vietnam military (R) directs his colleagues from the third floor of the Vietnam-France Hospital in Hanoi April 17, 2003. ...04/17
Picture: Nguyen Thi Men, 46, makes tea for her acupuncture doctor who comes to treat her at her home to aid her recovery from severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hanoi, Vietnam...04/17
"Nguyen Thi Men no longer recognizes her gaunt body.", from Vietnam nurse paid a high price by english.eastday.com 04/17
Nurse severely sickened by Vietnam's SARS "index case" survives to tell story 04/17
Vietnam Nurse Survives Battle With SARS 04/17
Vietnamese airline hit by SARS effect 04/17
Eyewitness: Vietnam's Sars survivor 04/17
"The AFC has already postponed three first round matches in the Asian zone -- Chinese Taipei-Singapore, Hong Kong-Sri Lanka and Iraq-Vietnam -- because of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which has killed more than 160 people and infected 3,500 worldwide. ", from More Olympic qualifiers postponed due to SARS by SportNetworks 04/17
Vietnamese airline hit by SARS effect
04/17
WHO says SARS under control in Vietnam
04/16
Picture: An aid worker from Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders (news - web sites)), carries boxes of anti-SARS related medical material in a Hanoi hospital, Vietnam 04/15
SARS seen trimming Vietnam economic growth-IMF
04/15
Hanoi Tourism Attempts to Shrug Off War And Sars 04/15
SARS under control in Vietnam but danger from China unabated: WHO 04/15
""The Vietnamese authorities have managed to strengthen surveillance in the border area but they are worried because too many people are coming across," Brudon said. ", from Nine more SARS deaths in Hong Kong as virus crisis deepens by AFP 04/15
Picture: A Vietnamese army colonel, part of a chemical unit, wears a protective mask and head cover as he tours the French hospital in Hanoi which was at the centre of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak 04/15
"Since the outbreak of the SARS virus in mid-March, China Airlines Ltd , Taiwan's largest carrier, has cancelled 9.4 percent of its flights to Hong Kong, Singapore and Vietnam with EVA Airways Corp cutting 12.7 percent, it said.", from Taiwan cuts fees for local airlines hit by SARS, war by Reuters 04/15
"To stop SARS at its gates, the Saudi health ministry said Monday it would ban the entry of visitors from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Vietnam.", from SARS claims 11 more in Asia as Europe probes its first possible fatality by AFP 04/15
Fresh cases of suspected SARS in south Vietnam 04/14
"Malaysia will continue travel restrictions on residents of Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Vietnam and Canada to keep the SARS virus from spreading, health minister Chua Jui Meng said on Monday. ", from Malaysia says visa ban remains on SARS countries by Reuters 04/14
"He said blood regulator the Therapeutic Goods Administration had advised visitors to China, Hong Kong, Singapore, northern Vietnam or Toronto, in Canada, not to give blood for 14 days after their return, to ensure they were not incubating SARS. ", from Australia bans blood donors from SARS-hit areas by Reuters 04/14
"Late on Saturday Malaysia temporarily lifted travel curbs on visitors from Hong Kong, Vietnam and Canada. ", from SARS Ravages Hong Kong, Airline May Ground Fleet by Reuters 04/13
"ON FRIDAY, Madam Karen Chua and her children donned face masks and flew off to Vietnam, one of the countries Singaporeans have been advised to avoid because of the high risk of catching Sars.", from Still flying : A few continuing with their travel plans By Sharmilpal Kaur and Harleen Kaur, The Straits Times 04/13
French doctor dies of SARS in Vietnam; death toll 5- all health care workers
04/12
China, Hong Kong, Vietnam reports new SARS deaths 04/12
Vietnam reports another SARS case 04/12
"Malaysia has temporarily frozen the issuance of visas to people from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Canada in a bid to contain the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS, Kuala Lumpur's representative in Taipei yesterday.", from Malaysia freezes visas for Taiwanese, citizens of HK, China, Vietnam, Canada By Monique Chu, STAFF REPORTER of The Taipei Times 04/12
Vietnam Now Has Only Seven Sars Patients in Hospital
04/11
SARS may affect SEA Games in Vietnam 04/11
"But a growing number are leaving China and Vietnam because of concerns over contracting SARS or getting adequate treatment if they become ill.", from U.S. Diplomats Are Leaving Overseas Posts By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, The New York Times 04/11
"In Thailand - where two people have died of SARS - travel agents warned that the strategically important tourism sector faced the worst crisis in its history, while in Vietnam, with four reported deaths, hundreds of mostly European businessmen snubbed a major international trade show in Hanoi.", from SARS cases near 3000 mark by AFP 04/10
Picture: A group of Vietnamese tourists wearing surgical masks to protect themselves from severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, checks in at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia 04/10
SARS hits Vietnam's tourist industry 04/10
"The girl, from Vietnam, was one of four suspected cases of the virus in Victoria, three children from Canada who are holidaying the state are still under investigation.", from NSW, Vic SARS cases recovering by Australian Broadcasting Corporation 04/09
Vietnam PM says SARS outbreak has hurt tourism 04/09
Vietnam's Tourism in Crisis Due to SARS: Newspaper
04/09
"Vietnam's only listed hotel, Saigon Hotel said occupancy rates had dropped to 50 percent. ", from China accused of virus cover-up by Reuters 04/09
"Gerberding told four senators attending the hearing that her agency had distributed more than 200,000 "health alert notices" to Americans returning from trips to mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Vietnam, advising them to monitor their health for 10 days after arriving in the United States and to contact a physician if they develop fever or respiratory symptoms.", from Vaccine for SARS will take 'several years' By JEFF NESMITH, COX NEWS SERVICE 04/08
More cases of mystery illness found Worldwide death toll at 100; Singapore, Vietnam hit anew
04/08
"The number of suspected SARS cases in Hawai'i increased by one after an O'ahu woman who recently traveled to Hanoi, Vietnam, became ill over the weekend.", from O'ahu woman may have SARS By Robbie Dingeman, Honolulu Advertiser Health Writer 04/08
Vietnam reports more cases of deadly SARS virus
04/08
United Nations in Vietnam mourn WHO Italian doctor 04/08
"Chivy Ngo, a native of Vietnam who owns a restaurant in New York's Chinatown, was the victim of false rumors that he died of SARS, and that his restaurant was contaminated by the disease. ", from SARS Fear Roils Chinatowns Across U.S. By THEO EMERY, Associated Press Writer 04/08
"On the other hand, Rolando Estabillo, PAL vice president for corporate communications, said that Filipinos who usually go to Hong Kong, China, Vietnam and Singapore for the Holy Week are opting to go instead to Boracay, Palawan, Bohol and other local destinations.", from