Fed: DFAT upgrades SARS travel advice
CANBERRA, April 2 AAP - The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has stronglyadvised travellers to Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Canada and Vietnam to defer non-essentialtravel because of the deadly SARS virus.
The upgraded travel advice comes in the wake of Australia's first reported case ofSevere Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - a man who later recovered.
The case was notified to the World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday.
The latest WHO figures put the death toll at 62 from 1,804 cases reported in 15 countries.
In travel advice issued last night, DFAT strongly recommended that Australians considerdeferring non-essential travel to Hong Kong and nearby areas of mainland China; China,particularly Guangdong Province; Singapore; Vietnam and Toronto in Canada due to SARS.
It said Australians in transit in airports in those nations were at very low risk of exposure.
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