Why has the World Health Organization advised people not travel to Toronto?
On April 23, the WHO added Toronto to the list of destinations that people should consider avoiding. The travel advice says: WHO is now recommending as a measure of precaution, that persons planning to travel to these destinations consider postponing all but essential travel. The destinations are: Hong Kong; Guangdong Province, China; Beijing; Shanxi Province, China; and Toronto. WHOs reason is that the SARS outbreak has continued to grow in magnitude and has affected groups outside the initial risk groups of hospital workers, families, visitors and other close person-to-person contacts. In addition, a small number of persons with SARS, now in other countries in the world, appear to have acquired the infection while in Toronto. WHO will reassess the situation in three weeks. The CDC, on the other hand, has not advised people against travel to Toronto. It has issued a travel alert for Toronto that recommends that travellers to the city observe precautions to safeguard their health. Heal
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