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for the federal and provincial governments to strengthen their disease surveillance
programmes. It also recommended harmonising public health legislation at both
levels of government (215). the report concludes: 'the challenge now is to ensure
not only that we are better prepared for the next epidemic, but that public health in
canada is broadly reviewed so as to protect and promote the health of all our present
and future citizens' (220). Other critics pointed to many cases of misdiagnosis of
Table 5-1: SARS and the Impact on various Countries and Places,
1 November 2002 to 31 July 2003
cumulative number
of cases
no. of
deaths
case fatality
ratio (%)
Onset first
probable case
onset last
probable case
areas
Female
Male
total
australia
4
2
6
0
0
26 Feb 2003
1 apr 2003
canada
151
100
251
43
17
23 Feb 2003
12 Jun 2003
china
2674
2607
5327
349
7
16 nov 2002
3 Jun 2003
Hong Kong
977
778
1755
299
17
15 Feb 2003
31 May 2003
Macao
0
1
1
0
0
5 May 2003
5 May 2003
taiwan
218
128
346
37
11
25 Feb 2003
15 Jun 2003
France
1
6
7
1
14
21 Mar 2003
3 May 2003
Germany
4
5
9
0
0
9 Mar 2003
6 May 2003
India
0
3
3
0
0
25 apr 2003
6 May 2003
Indonesia
0
2
2
0
0
6 apr 2003
17 apr 2003
Italy
1
3
4
0
0
12 Mar 2003
20 apr 2003
Kuwait
1
0
1
0
0
9 apr 2003
9 apr 2003
Malaysia
1
4
5
2
40
14 Mar 2003
22 apr 2003
Mongolia
8
1
9
0
0
31 Mar 2003
6 May 2003
new Zealand
1
0
1
0
0
20 apr 2003
20 apr 2003
Philippines
8
6
14
2
14
25 Feb 2003
5 May 2003
Ireland
0
1
1
0
0
27 Feb 2003
27 Feb 2003
Korea
0
3
3
0
0
25 apr 2003
10 May 2003
romania
0
1
1
0
0
19 Mar 2003
19 Mar 2003
russia
0
1
1
0
0
5 May 2003
5 May 2003
Singapore
161
77
238
33
14
25 Feb 2003
5 May 2003
South africa
0
1
1
1
100
3 apr 2003
3 apr 2003
Spain
0
1
1
0
0
26 Mar 2003
26 Mar 2003
Sweden
3
2
5
0
0
28 Mar 2003
23 apr 2003
Switzerland
0
1
1
0
0
9 Mar 2003
9 Mar 2003
thailand
5
4
9
2
22
11 Mar 2003
27 May 2003
United Kingdom
2
2
4
0
0
1 Mar 2003
1 apr 2003
United States
13
14
27
0
0
24 Feb 2003
13 Jul 2003
vietnam
39
24
63
5
8
23 Feb 2003
14 apr 2003
Source: Based on WHO (2004b).
 
 
 
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