ArabicChineseEnglishFrenchRussianSpanish
WHO home
All WHO This site only
 

Global Alert and Response (GAR)

  Country activities | Outbreak news | Resources | Media centre
  WHO > Programmes and projects > Global Alert and Response (GAR)
printable version

Affected Areas - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

18 April 2003

Country Area
Canada Toronto
Singapore Singapore
China Beijing, Guangdong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, Shanxi
Taiwan Province*
United States of America Areas not reported*
United Kingdom London*
Viet Nam Hanoi

An "affected area" is an area in which local chain(s) of transmission of SARS is/are occurring as reported by the national public health authorities.

*Area with limited local transmission and no evidence of international spread from area since 15 March 2003 and no transmission other than close person-to-person contact reported.