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...Those same successes - and even the mistakes - may now provide valuable lessons for the global community. "One of the things that let Hong Kong down during SARS was poor infection control in hospitals," Cordingley says. Transmission of the disease proved particularly troublesome at Hong Kong's Prince of Wales Hospital, where one "superspreader" patient infected more than 90 people, including many health workers. "At that time, the number of isolation beds and isolation wards was very limited, so we really didn't have the infrastructural capacity to deal with such a major infectious-disease outbreak," Hong Kong University's Peiris...
...there is anywhere in the world that took a beating by SARS, it was Hong Kong," says Peter Cordingley, spokesman for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Manila. "The lesson was learned." Drawing on the past, Hong Kong has already issued travel advisories and stepped up controls at airports, including the use of infrared temperature scans and the detainment of travelers arriving with flu-like symptoms. (Read "The Truth About SARS...
...SARS and, a few years later, for its quick response to multiple avian flu scares. "I always think back to during the bird flu - some wild bird drops out of the sky and is found in Hong Kong. It finishes up in a lab, being dissected," says WHO's Cordingley. "Anywhere else it would be chucked in the garbage." (See pictures of change in Hong Kong...
...Cordingley also cautions against underreporting the extent of the spread of the disease, hinting at what happened with China's Ministry of Health, which came under fire for covering up much of the deadly SARS outbreak. "If you have got a problem, you have to speak up," he says. So far WHO has been pleased with communication from Mexico and elsewhere, he says, adding that reporting has been "instantaneous." (See pictures of the return of bird...
...even effective vaccination may only forestall outbreaks of the tenacious virus. "Vaccination is recommended WHO policy, but it's not a panacea," Cordingley says. Farmers and local governments around the region still need to be vigilant about testing birds for the virus and keeping wild birds from infecting poultry farms. "The vaccine by itself doesn't work. You can't just vaccinate and walk away...