2003-05-24
... ? 5 New Cases Surface in Toronto (washingtonpost.com)Canadian health officials are investigating five new possible SARS cases and as many as 20 potential exposures to the virus in Toronto, prompting the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to announce yesterday it would resume aggressive surveillance for the lung infection at more than a dozen border crossings. Just 10 days ago, after bitter protests and intense lobbying by Canada, the World Health Organization removed Toronto from its list of SARS-affected regions, indicating the "chain of transmission is considered broken."
