Open AccessCriteria for removing WHO travel warnings in relation to SARS - outcome of discussions between Hong Kong and World Health Organization
Publication year - 2003
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.07.19.02224-en
Subject(s) - welfare , medicine , port (circuit theory) , china , covid-19 , political science , business , law , engineering , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , electrical engineering , disease
During a videoconference between Geneva and Hong Kong on 6 May, the World Health Organization (WHO) thanked the Hong Kong Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food for Hong Kong's continuing efforts at containing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). WHO thanked the Health Secretary in particular for allowing a Malaysian ship to enter the port recently with suspected SARS cases on board.