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October 24, 2009

... diseases - within nations and globally - greatly jeopardising the health of people on the move and elevating the risk of pandemics. Diseases such as Sars, avian and the most recent swine flu pose an historically unprecedented public health threat. While the poor are getting sicker in crowded, polluted slums...

October 3, 2009

... and effective policies. On the other hand, the suppression of information has proven to be costly at times, the writers said, referring to the Sars epidemic in China which was at first was kept a secret. Once the epidemic was acknowledged, distrust of the government led many Chinese in infected areas...

August 8, 2009

... than we were in 1918. The current pandemic could have killed many more people, not just hundreds, if we didn t have the experience of handling Sars and avian flu. We are better prepared in terms of public-health capabilities, information system, medicine stockpiling. For example, we operate a facility in...

July 17, 2009

... the food freely on the table, using the same utensils to grab food from the dishes on the tables to put food in the mouth. I saw this during the Sars outbreak and when I asked my friends if they where not worried about infection, there was no response. I assume the same attitude is prevalent now with the...

July 16, 2009

..., those suffering from diabetes, asthma, heart or kidney disease or obesity belong to the group most at risk. Third, the virus is far weaker than Sars and bird flu but spreads quicker and affects one s lungs. Fourth, the spread is not through droplets alone but also physical contact. Hence, frequent hand...

July 15, 2009

... said.Pratana said Thai hotel businesses were bracing for the worst crisis they had ever suffered - even worse than the tourism slump following the Sars outbreak in 2003. Room rates have fallen for the first time ever, by 7-10 per cent, and average occupancy rates have fallen as much as 37 per cent, causing...

July 14, 2009

... the UN World Tourism Organisation on the influenza issue. It is clear that we must now apply the knowledge, expertise and lessons learned from the Sars crisis of 2003 and recent outbreaks of the avian influenza type-A (H5N1), Pata is ready to work closely with its members and the wider travel and tourism...

June 19, 2009

... pigs picked up the H1N1 swine flu combined with an avian strain. Yes, this one has been around and is not so new after all.Raking up memories of Sars when six million people nearly perished breathing in their own frightful garlic breath for the first time behind green masks, Hong Kong s Metropark hotel...

June 15, 2009

... when it comes to the likely number of cases that Thailand can expect over the next year or so. An influenza virus is highly contagious, more so than Sars, so once out in the public at large it will spread rapidly. It cannot be contained by merely shutting schools or entertainment outlets.According to the...

June 12, 2009

... has faced such an outbreak. Just a couple of years ago, avian flu hit the headlines. Back in 2003, China and Hong Kong were seriously invaded by Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) with hundreds of deaths reported. And if you have lived for more than a century, you would not forget the Spanish flu...