Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

1. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Up-To-Date Details as of March 26

2. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - The Global Death toll from the mysterious illness is increasing daily. - SARS is believed to have originated in southern China

3. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome • 487 confirmed cases of infection • 22 confirmed deaths

4. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome • Countries with reported cases Canada – 11 with 3 deaths France – 1 Germany – 4 Italy – 2 Ireland – 1 Singapore – 69

5. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome • Countries with reported cases Switzerland – 2 Taiwan – 6 Thailand – 5 United Kingdom – 3 United States – 39

6. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Vietnam reported 58 cases with 4 deaths China reported 350 cases with 5 deaths Hong Kong reported 286 cases with 10 deaths

7. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome • The World Health Organization issued a global alert • Asia’s tourist industry has suffered • Sporting events have been canceled

8. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome • The illness is taking an effect on Hong Kong’s economy • Tourism and hospitality trade is down 20% • The secrecy of China’s government is questioned

9. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome • Many people have been quarantined due to contact with the illness • In Singapore 704 have been quarantined • if the quarantine is broken they will be fined $5,000 (in Singapore dollars)

10. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome • All schools including colleges have been closed in China until April 6th • 4 schools in Hong Kong have been closed

11. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome • What is SARS? • It is a virus • What are the symptoms? • High fever, head ache, soar throat & cough • How is it transmitted? • spreads person to person & is airborne

12. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome • What is the source of SARS? • Nothing is confirmed • The initial source of the illness was in China • An infected man carried the disease to Hong Kong’s Metropolis Hotel • Others contracted the illness the spread it as they traveled

13. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome • China • Health statistics are politically sensitive in China • Reporting on disease outbreaks is frequently suppressed • Reports have been made that last year China’s government ordered newspapers not to print information about the outbreak

14. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome • Since the outbreak there has been a call for international health reform and for coordinated international response to outbreaks

15. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome • Little is known about the outbreak. • The World Health Organization claims that the condition could have existed, unnoticed, for many years.

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