Saturday, March 15

World Health Organization issues emergency travel advisory TRAVELLERS INCLUDING AIRLINE CREW: All travellers should be aware of main symptoms and signs of SARS which include:
high fever (>38oC)
AND
one or more respiratory symptoms including cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing
AND one or more of the following:
close contact* with a person who has been diagnosed with SARS
recent history of travel to areas reporting cases of SARS.

(Reports to date have been received from Canada, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Early today, an ill passenger and companions who travelled from New York, United States, and who landed in Frankfurt, Germany were removed from their flight and taken to hospital isolation.)
World Health Organization

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