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20 Die of SARS in Toronto
Aired April 26, 2003 - 18:47 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Outside of Asia, the biggest outbreak of SARS has so far been in Canada. Toronto's Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care now says some 20 people have died there. That is a rise from just a few hours ago. CTV's Peter Murphy has more on how the city is dealing with the crisis.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
PETER MURPHY, CTV CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Four of the eight new suspected SARS cases in Toronto are health care workers from the city's Sunny Brooke (ph) hospital. All of the new cases have been under investigation, and so were not a surprise.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are not entirely out of the woods on everything, but we are moving along day by day.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are encouraged that many people are recovering from this disease.
MURPHY: There are now 84 people in hospital in Ontario listed as suspect or probable cases. A drop of nearly a third in a week.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: On the community site, because there has been no ongoing transmission, date of onset of the last one was 9th of April, that gives us cautious optimism.
MURPHY: Ontario Premier Ernie Eves expressed some of that optimism as well, following a brief hospital visit, where he paid tribute to the tireless efforts of health care workers.
ERNIE EVES, ONTARIO PREMIER: And it's thanks to their dedication and perseverance that we are able to say, I think, that we are starting to turn the corner and on the downward slope.
MURPHY: The Ontario premier has been almost invisible on this issue since the outbreak. His visit here didn't impress Orlando Cardemil, a hot dog vendor outside the hospital who's facing bankruptcy because of SARS.
ORLANDO CARDEMIL, HOT DOG VENDOR: I'm very upset, with the leadership. All these people now like Jean Chretien, Mel Lastman and Ernie Eves -- they are moving now, but it's too late, they should've moved two weeks ago, before they went and played golf.
MURPHY: The concern about SARS remains high. In Toronto, only a few thousand fans showed up to watch the Blue Jays. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is probably the lowest crowd that I have seen since baseball started down the Exhibition Stadium.
MURPHY: It's unclear whether the poor attendance was because of the SARS. But certainly, some of the Kansas City players did not want to be here.
BRENT MAYNE, KANSAS CITY ROYALS: Yes, I think everybody has some concerns about coming, just because, you know, we are not doctors, we just got to go by what Major League Baseball tells us.
MURPHY: These Pennsylvania students sang the praises of Toronto at this week's choral festival in the city, overcoming initial fears about the visit.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Kind of scared at first, but then like, (UNINTELLIGIBLE), oh no, you are going to die if you go to Canada, don't bring SARS back. And I'm like, I'll be fine.
MURPHY (on camera): While fewer people may be getting sick from SARS, the outbreak of this crisis is not over yet. The deaths, a tragic reminder of just how dangerous and deadly this disease is.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
COOPER: Again, that was Peter Murphy of CTV. And Ontario, keep in mind, has been traced as the source of SARS cases in the U.S., but it is important to know that none of those has resulted in death. We'll be right back in just a moment.
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Aired April 26, 2003 - 18:47 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Outside of Asia, the biggest outbreak of SARS has so far been in Canada. Toronto's Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care now says some 20 people have died there. That is a rise from just a few hours ago. CTV's Peter Murphy has more on how the city is dealing with the crisis.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
PETER MURPHY, CTV CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Four of the eight new suspected SARS cases in Toronto are health care workers from the city's Sunny Brooke (ph) hospital. All of the new cases have been under investigation, and so were not a surprise.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are not entirely out of the woods on everything, but we are moving along day by day.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are encouraged that many people are recovering from this disease.
MURPHY: There are now 84 people in hospital in Ontario listed as suspect or probable cases. A drop of nearly a third in a week.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: On the community site, because there has been no ongoing transmission, date of onset of the last one was 9th of April, that gives us cautious optimism.
MURPHY: Ontario Premier Ernie Eves expressed some of that optimism as well, following a brief hospital visit, where he paid tribute to the tireless efforts of health care workers.
ERNIE EVES, ONTARIO PREMIER: And it's thanks to their dedication and perseverance that we are able to say, I think, that we are starting to turn the corner and on the downward slope.
MURPHY: The Ontario premier has been almost invisible on this issue since the outbreak. His visit here didn't impress Orlando Cardemil, a hot dog vendor outside the hospital who's facing bankruptcy because of SARS.
ORLANDO CARDEMIL, HOT DOG VENDOR: I'm very upset, with the leadership. All these people now like Jean Chretien, Mel Lastman and Ernie Eves -- they are moving now, but it's too late, they should've moved two weeks ago, before they went and played golf.
MURPHY: The concern about SARS remains high. In Toronto, only a few thousand fans showed up to watch the Blue Jays. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is probably the lowest crowd that I have seen since baseball started down the Exhibition Stadium.
MURPHY: It's unclear whether the poor attendance was because of the SARS. But certainly, some of the Kansas City players did not want to be here.
BRENT MAYNE, KANSAS CITY ROYALS: Yes, I think everybody has some concerns about coming, just because, you know, we are not doctors, we just got to go by what Major League Baseball tells us.
MURPHY: These Pennsylvania students sang the praises of Toronto at this week's choral festival in the city, overcoming initial fears about the visit.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Kind of scared at first, but then like, (UNINTELLIGIBLE), oh no, you are going to die if you go to Canada, don't bring SARS back. And I'm like, I'll be fine.
MURPHY (on camera): While fewer people may be getting sick from SARS, the outbreak of this crisis is not over yet. The deaths, a tragic reminder of just how dangerous and deadly this disease is.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
COOPER: Again, that was Peter Murphy of CTV. And Ontario, keep in mind, has been traced as the source of SARS cases in the U.S., but it is important to know that none of those has resulted in death. We'll be right back in just a moment.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
