Toronto Again Removed From List of Places Affected by SARS
The World Health Organization on Wednesday again removed Toronto from its list of places affected by SARS, and Canadian health officials vowed continued vigilance to avoid another outbreak.
The WHO decision, announced in Geneva, means that only Taiwan remains on what was once a long list of places reporting local transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome in the previous 20 days.
It was the second time Canada’s largest city was taken off the list, and provincial and city health officials said they had learned their lesson after relaxing anti-SARS measures in May after an initial outbreak.
SARS cases in a Toronto hospital spread among health-care workers who were no longer taking special precautions, causing a second outbreak.
Toronto had the largest outbreak outside Asia, with 39 deaths and almost 250 cases.
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