From the UK Foreign Office: “The Chief Medical Officer
at the Department of Health — on the basis of information from the
World Health Organisation — has strongly advised the UK public to
defer travel to Hong Kong, Beijing, China’s Shanzi province China
and Toronto in Canada for the time being due to the outbreak of Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome”. The situation in China is being kept
under careful review. Travellers are advised to monitor the FCO website
and the Department of Health website regularly. Further information
on SARS is also available on the World Health Organisation website (www.who.int)