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Health Officials in Canada Trying to Contain Outbreak of SARS
Aired April 21, 2003 - 08:11 ET
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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Health officials in Canada moving quickly, trying to contain an outbreak of SARS there. In Toronto, where the disease has spread the fastest outside of southeast Asia, commuter train riders are being warned about possible exposure to the deadly illness there.
Anne-Marie Mediwake of CTV is in Toronto, at Union Station, and has the latest on what is happening there this morning.
Anne-Marie, good morning to you.
ANNE-MARIE MEDIWAKE, CTV REPORTER: Good morning.
Well, this morning down here at Union Station, a bit of concern for commuters. Normally thousands of people take the train in from the outlying areas into the downtown core, which is where we are here. Last week, a nurse rode the train to Toronto and back into the suburbs, spoke with -- didn't speak, was with six people at the time, and public health officials are concerned that those people phone and identify themselves, so that they can see if any of them with have counsel down with SARS.
I'm with a commuter at the moment right now is who is on his way to work.
Dean, thank you for stopping with us this morning. You take the same line that that nurse took. Are you concerned?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Not really. I find that traveling on the gold train, most people travel on the same car day in and day out, and from I hear, this individual rode on the middle of the train, and I usually you ride on the third car from the back of the train, so I feel, you know, pretty safe that way, but there is always that concern. I've got a 2-year-old boy and a wife at home, and there is always a concern that, you know, they're going to get infected.
But from what I hear, this individual was a nurse, so it's somewhat upsetting that, you know, she had a fever and she rode the train, knowing the severity of SARS. You know, you figure being a nurse, you'd maybe know a little bit more about how to control it and how it spreads, blah, blah, blah, so there is a little upset there, but as far as being concerned about it, I'm not really that upset.
MEDIWAKE: Dean, thank you very much. We'll let you get back to your busy job downtown.
So as commuters are saying, they are a bit concerned now. It is important to note that this woman was a nurse, and as soon as she did notice her fever, she checked herself in the hospital, and they observed her there, and she does have symptoms of SARS now.
HEMMER: Anne-Marie. Anne-Marie Mediwake, CTV, again, in Toronto, at the station there.
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Aired April 21, 2003 - 08:11 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Health officials in Canada moving quickly, trying to contain an outbreak of SARS there. In Toronto, where the disease has spread the fastest outside of southeast Asia, commuter train riders are being warned about possible exposure to the deadly illness there.
Anne-Marie Mediwake of CTV is in Toronto, at Union Station, and has the latest on what is happening there this morning.
Anne-Marie, good morning to you.
ANNE-MARIE MEDIWAKE, CTV REPORTER: Good morning.
Well, this morning down here at Union Station, a bit of concern for commuters. Normally thousands of people take the train in from the outlying areas into the downtown core, which is where we are here. Last week, a nurse rode the train to Toronto and back into the suburbs, spoke with -- didn't speak, was with six people at the time, and public health officials are concerned that those people phone and identify themselves, so that they can see if any of them with have counsel down with SARS.
I'm with a commuter at the moment right now is who is on his way to work.
Dean, thank you for stopping with us this morning. You take the same line that that nurse took. Are you concerned?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Not really. I find that traveling on the gold train, most people travel on the same car day in and day out, and from I hear, this individual rode on the middle of the train, and I usually you ride on the third car from the back of the train, so I feel, you know, pretty safe that way, but there is always that concern. I've got a 2-year-old boy and a wife at home, and there is always a concern that, you know, they're going to get infected.
But from what I hear, this individual was a nurse, so it's somewhat upsetting that, you know, she had a fever and she rode the train, knowing the severity of SARS. You know, you figure being a nurse, you'd maybe know a little bit more about how to control it and how it spreads, blah, blah, blah, so there is a little upset there, but as far as being concerned about it, I'm not really that upset.
MEDIWAKE: Dean, thank you very much. We'll let you get back to your busy job downtown.
So as commuters are saying, they are a bit concerned now. It is important to note that this woman was a nurse, and as soon as she did notice her fever, she checked herself in the hospital, and they observed her there, and she does have symptoms of SARS now.
HEMMER: Anne-Marie. Anne-Marie Mediwake, CTV, again, in Toronto, at the station there.
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