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SARS and travel

As SARS slows, Asia looks for travelers
The SARS outbreak has decimated vacation and business travel to and within Asia, but as the viral disease's spread slowed in the past 10 days, governments and businesses have started to think of reviving travel... [12:00 a.m. June 01, 2003]

Toronto wants hundreds to go into SARS quarantine
Canadian health officials yesterday asked more than 1,400 people to go into quarantine in Toronto as investigators scrambled to trace a renewed outbreak of SARS... [12:00 a.m. May 27, 2003]

SARS back in Canada; 33 cases suspected
Weeks after Canada proclaimed itself free of SARS, hospital workers in Toronto once again donned masks and gowns... [12:00 a.m. May 25, 2003]

Sixteen caught SARS while flying with infected passengers
At least 16 people have caught SARS by flying on planes with people carrying the disease, World Health Organization officials said... [12:00 a.m. May 20, 2003]

SARS updates: No rebound in sight for Asia tourism
Travel in China remains restricted because of the SARS outbreak, which has prompted quarantines, school closures and widespread fear... [12:00 a.m. May 11, 2003]

Travel warnings widen as SARS spreads in Asia
The World Health Organization yesterday extended its warning against unnecessary travel to Taiwan's beleaguered capital city, along with the mainland Chinese areas of Tianjin and Inner Mongolia... [12:00 a.m. May 9, 2003]

Cruises limit boarding in effort to stop SARS
The International Council of Cruise Lines has announced tough new procedures, including denying boarding to people from some SARS-affected areas, to prevent passengers and crews from getting or spreading the sometimes fatal, pneumonia-like disease on ships... [12:00 a.m. May 4, 2003]

WHO lifts SARS travel ban to Toronto
Following pressure from the Canadian government, the World Health Organization today lifted its warning against nonessential travel to Toronto... [1:00 p.m. Apr. 29, 2003]

Canadians contesting travel alert
Canadian health officials, fighting a World Health Organization (WHO) advisory warning people against traveling to Toronto, said yesterday they will install advanced fever-screening devices at airports... [12:00 a.m. Apr. 29, 2003]

Air passengers are flying the germ-friendly skies
The recent spread of SARS reminds us that airliners can deliver far more than passengers, packages and duty-free knickknacks... [12:00 a.m. Apr. 27, 2003]

Flying the SARS route: Slip on your mask
We wore surgical masks and sat alone on long, empty rows of seats. Everyone quietly stared straight head as we waited in a room ... [12:00 a.m. Apr. 27, 2003]

Toronto tourism takes hit from SARS
Tourism fallout from the SARS disease continues in Toronto, following a new World Health Organization warning to avoid all but essential travel to the city... [12:00 a.m. Apr. 27, 2003]

Travelers given SARS advisory
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned travelers yesterday to avoid China's capital city of Beijing and Canada's financial center, Toronto... [12:00 a.m. Apr. 24, 2003]

Toronto travelers to get SARS warnings
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday it will begin issuing health warnings to everyone who enters the United States from Toronto... [12:00 a.m. Apr. 23, 2003]

Asia tourism industry battles SARS
Asian travel and tourism officials are fighting the fallout of terrorism and the deadly SARS virus that have ravaged their industry... [12:00 a.m. Apr. 20, 2003]

No one breathing easy with outbreak of SARS
Travelers are finding their itineraries changed in midtrip, ships rerouted and tours canceled as financially pressed airlines, tour operators and cruise lines struggle to deal... [12:00 a.m. Apr. 13, 2003]

SARS fears hammer travel firms
Robert Ha, general manager of Asia Travel in the International District Chinatown, said he does about two-thirds of his business in Asia, particularly in the hard-hit hub Hong Kong. But he's seen close to half... [09:56 p.m. Apr. 10, 2003]

Trips to Asia trigger SARS jitters: Travelers find co-workers, friends edgy
Co-workers and friends didn't tell Alan Lowe directly they were worried about his return to work as mayor of Victoria, B.C., after his two-week trip to China. But when his family... [06:08 p.m. Apr. 07, 2003]

Nervous travelers weigh SARS warnings
Airlines, cruise lines and tour operators scrambled last week to appease nervous travelers in the wake of new government warnings to avoid travel to parts of Asia, including Hong... [12:00 a.m. Apr. 06, 2003]

Bush gives OK to quarantine those with SARS
President Bush today gave health officials authority to quarantine Americans sick with the highly contagious new mystery illness. [12:42 a.m. Apr. 05, 2003]

SARS spreads panic faster than illnesses
On Cathay Pacific Flight 410 from Hong Kong to Seoul, Jonathan Hatch skipped lunch because to eat would have necessitated removing his surgical mask... [12:00 a.m. Apr. 04, 2003]  

State adds three to suspected SARS tally
Three people who became ill after traveling to Asia have been added to the list of suspected cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Washington, the state Department... [12:00 a.m. Apr. 04, 2003]

SARS outbreak has many rethinking Asia travel plans
Airlines, cruise lines and tour operators are scrambling to come up with ways to let people postpone or cancel trips to parts of Asia due to the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome...  [12:00 a.m. Apr. 03, 2003]

SARS fears increase Asia trip cancellations
News of a deadly virus masquerading as a common flu bug is compelling worried patients around Puget Sound to visit emergency rooms and call their doctors, and scores of would-be... [08:18 p.m. Apr. 02, 2003]

Travel Wise / Carol Pucci
Traveler's dilemma: Mystery virus forces decision on long-planned China trip
I left Seattle two weeks ago today, flying on a bankrupt airline three days before war began. By the time I reached Honolulu, the first stop on what was to be a two-week fellowship... [12:00 a.m. Mar. 30, 2003]  

Travel centers on alert for new disease
The pneumonia-like illness that has gripped parts of Asia is cutting international travel as vacationers and businesspeople, including from the Northwest, postpone or cancel their trips... [12:00 a.m. Mar. 29, 2003]

People with illness symptoms urged not to fly
In its first warning that suggests a deadly flu-like illness can be spread on airplanes, the World Health Organization said yesterday that passengers with symptoms of the... [12:00 a.m. Mar. 28, 2003]

Health agency urges screening of passengers for SARS on some flights
Airlines flying out of a handful of cities hit hard by a mystery disease should question passengers at check-in desks for signs of sickness, a global health agency said today...  [12:00 a.m. March 27, 2003]

Mystery virus takes toll on Hong Kong tourism
Hong Kong tourism, one of the twin pillars driving the territory's economic recovery, may be faltering as the outbreak of a mystery disease threatens to cut the city from tourists'... [12:00 a.m. Mar. 23, 2003]

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