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...happen. Harvard has a responsibility for the lives of its 18,000 students who live and work in close quarters, and a need to exercise prudence even when the information available is less than ideal. When it became clear that SARS was spreading from China to Hong Kong, Vietnam and Toronto, the administration issued a travel advisory urging faculty and students not to travel to those countries in which transmission of SARS was continuing. Within a few days of that alert, several of us were besieged by journalists from Toronto upset that their city had been cited by Harvard before...
...people suspected of having SARS so that transmission of infection is limited, and quarantining people who have been in contact with known cases who may develop the disease and honest and timely reporting. The key is to take action at the earliest possible stage, before the numbers get high. Vietnam did that, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has just lifted its travel alert; China did not, and there are thousands of probable cases and so many suspected cases that the medical capabilities are now under severe strain...
...situation in Vietnam was looking pretty good already,” she said. “If the internship was in China, I’m not sure if still would have gone...
...Vietnam was removed from the WHO’s list of countries with cases of SARS transmission on Monday after almost three weeks with no new cases of the virus...
Despite the lifting of the ban to Toronto and Vietnam, the University cautioned students to “observe precautions” when traveling to these areas...