What advice is given on SARS?/What is SARS?
At the height of the crisis, The University Medical Officer, Dr Vijay Raichura, gave the following information: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is thought to be spread by close prolonged contact with a sufferer. To date the majority of cases have occurred in hospital workers who have cared for SARS patients and close family members of these patients. It appears to be less infectious than influenza with an incubation period possibly as short as three to six days.
