SARS Is Declared to Be Contained Around World
By Keith Bradsher
The New York Times
Hong Kong, July 5 - The World Health Organization
declared today that SARS had been contained around the
world, with no new cases reported to the agency by any
country since June 15. But it warned that the disease
could still pose a threat.
The W.H.O. removed the last place on its list of SARS-
affected areas, Taiwan. No new cases have been found
there for 20 days, a period of time that the agency
believes to be twice the disease's incubation period.
SARS, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, has infected
8,439 people in 30 countries on five continents and has
killed 812 people. Nearly 200 people with SARS are still
being treated in hospitals around the world under strict
isolation procedures to prevent them from infecting
health-care workers.
Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, the W.H.O.'s director general,
said close cooperation among health professionals around
the world had contained the disease, but cautioned
against overconfidence.
"We must still remember that the world is not yet SARS-
free," she said, speaking to reporters in a telephone
conference call."We know that one single case can spark a
new outbreak." . . .
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