- TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto
reported two more SARS deaths on Sunday, raising the Canadian toll from
the deadly respiratory illness to 33.
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- The health ministry in Ontario said a 66-year-old woman
and a 63-year-old man died on Saturday.
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- The ministry said in a statement there were 68 probable
cases of SARS in the Toronto area, down from 70 cases reported on Friday.
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- The statement said 176 people were being monitored for
infection and 22 people were in critical condition.
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- Toronto is the only place outside Asia where the virus
has claimed lives.
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- Worldwide, the virus has killed nearly 780 people and
infected more than 8,400 in 30 countries.
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- Canadian health officials said on Friday they would expand
a screening program designed to detect whether arriving international airline
passengers were suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
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- The program, which currently covers passengers arriving
at Toronto and Vancouver airports, would be expanded to Ottawa, Calgary
and Montreal's Mirabel and Dorval airports, officials said.
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