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Monday, March 31, 2003Swamped public health officials estimated Ontario has about 100 cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome, but admitted they had only been able to analyse data for 81 -- 42 probable and 39 suspect cases. "There are very many more individuals provincewide who are cases that are under investigation," said Dr. Colin D'Cunha, Ontario's chief medical officer of health In Hong Kong, 213 new cases have occurred in one housing development: Hong Kong health officials said on Monday that 92 new cases of a deadly pneumonia have been found in a housing estate, raising the total number of cases there to 213. Health secretary Yeoh Eng-kiong said at a press briefing that the government decided to impose an isolation order in a block of Amoy Gardens estate on Monday as the number of new cases had risen sharply from 121 on Sunday. He said out of 213 people, 107 were from just one block. The women's world ice hockey championship, scheduled to take place in Beijing, has been cancelled because of SARS. And, according to Instapundit, Taiwan is accusing the WHO of ignoring it. But, they really just seem to be a in a pique because Americans were sent to help them out: ''The CDC is an American institution,'' she said. ''It is not responsible for taking care of the health of other nations.'' Other Taiwanese noted that their island is one of Asia's most vibrant democracies and a major trading power. They felt the WHO insulted them by asking the United States to look out for their interests. ''Is Taiwan one of America's states?'' said Dr. Wu Shuh-min, whose Foundation of Medical Professionals Alliance in Taiwan sent the original request to the WHO for assistance in investigating SARS. The U.N. agency has also irked some Taiwanese by lumping the island together with China on the WHO Web site, calling it ''China, Taiwan'' or ''Taiwan Province.'' Most Taiwanese are extremely sensitive about being considered part of what they view to be a backward, repressive authoritarian nation. You can't blame WHO for asking for some manpower help. Although I suppose they could be more sensitive about listing them as a separate country from China. posted by Sydney on 3/31/2003 06:35:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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