Re: [amsat-bb] Toronto

[Franklin Antonio <antonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:50 PM 4/24/2003, sco@sco-inc.com wrote:
>I think I heard that there is a State Dept advisory against all travel to 
>Toronto/Canada.  If any of us go there we might not be allowed to re-enter 
>the USA,

No government agency has issued an advisory "against all travel" to 
Toronto, and no government agency has said anyone "might not be allowed to 
re-enter".  WHO and CDC have issued advisories that mention Toronto.  WHO 
is now recommending postponing travel to Toronto, and says it will 
reevaluate in a few weeks.  CDC says don't visit health care 
facilities.  Essential portions below.

While these are much less extreme than your message suggested, they may be 
enough to scare away a lot of folks.

WHO:
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/notes/2003/np7/en/

WHO extends its SARS-related travel advice to Beijing and Shanxi province 
in China and to Toronto, Canada
23 April 2003 -- As a result of ongoing assessments as to the nature of 
outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Beijing and Shanxi 
Province, China, and in Toronto, Canada, WHO is now recommending, as a 
measure of precaution, that persons planning to travel to these 
destinations consider postponing all but essential travel. This temporary 
advice, which is an extension of travel advice previously issued for 
Guangdong Province and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, will 
be reassessed in three weeks time.
...


CDC:
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/other/sars_can.htm

Interim Travel Alert: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(Released April 23, 2003, 12:30 PM)
...
CDC recommends that U.S. travelers to Toronto observe precautions to 
safeguard their health, see: 
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/travel_advice.htm. This includes avoidance 
of settings where SARS is most likely to be transmitted, such as health 
care facilities caring for SARS patients.
...


PS: I'm not a doctor, but I have been following this issue.

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