Taiwan News: "Taiwan will stop issuing visas for the next two weeks to visitors from areas hardest hit by severe acute respiratory syndrome, including China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Canada, the government announced yesterday. It will also impose a mandatory 10-day quarantine on all travelers entering the country from those SARS-affected areas. "
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BusinessWeek: "Some experts have said it's possible that the disease won't be an ongoing problem, since with effective government action it can not only be contained but even eradicated. Jeffrey Koplan, former head of the Centers for Disease Control wasn't buying."

"'Maybe the existing measures will be effective, and [new cases] will go to zero,' he said. 'But I would be shocked if that's the case. To be realistic, we could hope for suppression, minimization. To actually eliminate it, I don't see that happening with our current tools.'"
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Courtesy of Adam Curry: SARS statistics according to the World Health Organization (if they don't know, who does?)

• As of April 26 2003, a cumulative total of 4836 cases with 293 deaths have occurred in 26 countries. This represents an increase of 190 new cases and 19 deaths compared with yesterday. The new deaths occurred in Canada (3), China (7), Hong Kong SAR (6), the Philippines (1), and Singapore (2).

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BBC News: "The WHO chief says it is still possible to contain the SARS virus, as tough new measures are introduced across Asia."
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