June 6  BRITISH CONSULATE GENERAL GUANGZHOU

As of 6 June, on the basis of data available from the Guangdong Health Department, there were no new confirmed cases of SARS in Guangdong for the past 20 days. An additional 9 patients were discharged from hospital and no new SARS death occurred. Cumulative totals for Guangdong are 1511 confirmed SARS, 1447 patients discharged and 57 deaths.  In addition there are now 14 suspected SARS cases in Guangdong.

May 29  BRITISH CONSULATE GENERAL GUANGZHOU
As of 29 May, on the basis of data available from the Guangdong Health Department, there were no new confirmed cases of SARS in Guangdong (for the 11th straight day!). 2 patients were discharged from hospital and no new SARS death occurred. Cumulative totals for Guangdong are 1511 confirmed SARS, 1438 patients discharged and 57 deaths. In addition there are now 51 suspected SARS cases in Guangdong.

May 28  BRITISH CONSULATE GENERAL GUANGZHOU 
As of 28 May, on the basis of data available from the Guangdong Health Department, there were no new confirmed cases of SARS in Guangdong (for the tenth straight day!). 2 patients were discharged from hospital and no new SARS death occurred. Cumulative totals for Guangdong are 1511 confirmed SARS cases (1 case in Zhaoqing has been removed), 1436 patients discharged and 57 deaths. In addition there are now 61 suspected SARS cases in Guangdong.

May 27  BRITISH CONSULATE GENERAL GUANGZHOU 
On 27 May, on the basis of data available from the Guangdong Health Department, there were no new confirmed cases of SARS in Guangdong for the tenth straight day. 1 patient was discharged from hospital and no new SARS death occurred. Cumulative totals for Guangdong are 1512 confirmed SARS cases (1 case in Guangzhou has been removed), 1434 patients discharged and 57 deaths. In addition there are now 81 suspected SARS cases in Guangdong.

From AITECE 2003-05-26
Dear Aitece Teacher,

 Over the weekend the news from Hong Kong and the mainland was good.
 At the end of last week the WHO removed its travel advisory against
visiting Hong Kong and Guangdong and on Saturday there were no new cases
in Hong Kong though on Sunday there was one. It is great that
Guangdong's effort at control have been successful too.

 There were 16 new cases reported on the mainland yesterday which is
quite small considering the size of the country. The spread in Beijing -
which was the most alarming -- is now thought to have peaked and in the
weeks ahead the good news should apply to the other parts of China too.
 Already schools have reopened in many areas though some cities remain
cautious which is good too. I am sure the teachers will be happy to get
back to regular classes and to having a bit more freedom to move around.
However, there is still need to take precautions.

 ..... Hopefully Sars will not be the main topic of our communications
for much longer.  Thank you for all the feed-back on your own situation and it is great
to see all our teachers coping so well.
 With every best wish, from Hugh and all in Hong Kong.

May 26  BRITISH CONSULATE GENERAL GUANGZHOU  -  

On 23 May, on the basis of information available from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Chief Medical Officer (C.M.O.) of the Department of Health (D.o.H.) lifted his advice that the British public should defer travel to Hong Kong and Guangdong Province. However, the C.M.O. on the basis of information from the WHO. - has strongly advised the British public to defer travel to Beijing, Tianjin, Inner Mongolia and Shanxi and Hebei Provinces in China for the time being due to the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The C.M.O. has also strongly advised against travel to Taiwan.

Since our last update, on the basis of data available from the Guangdong Health Department, there were no new confirmed cases of SARS in Guangdong for the eigth straight day (DG!). A total of 4 patients were discharged from hospital and no new SARS death occurred. Cumulative totals for Guangdong are 1513 confirmed SARS cases, 1432 patients discharged and 57 deaths. In addition there are now 111 suspected SARS cases in Guangdong  

May 26  Last Friday (May 23) WHO  lifted its ban on travel to HK & Guangdong Province. SARS no longer a problem in this area.Great rejoicing in HK.  Today's SCMP (above) has headline: "Life in Beijing is back to normal as SARS threat recedes".  May Taiwan and Toronto soon also be free of SARS.
Over the weekend David, Matt & I + 4 local staff went on CAS promotion to city of Luoding. Photos in an hour or so if computer is working...
CAS still in self-imposed quarantine ...but people are starting to hope that quarantine will be lifted soon DV.... 

May 22 From British Consulate-General, Guangzhou: -5 in a row,  DG!

As of 22 May, on the basis of data available from the Guangdong Health Department, there were no new confirmed cases of SARS in Guangdong for the fifth straight day. 4 patients were discharged from hospital and 1 new SARS death occurred. Cumulative totals for Guangdong are 1513 confirmed SARS cases (1 case reported earlier has been removed), 1423 patients discharged and 57 deaths. In addition there are now 112 suspected SARS cases in Guangdong.

May 21 From British Consulate-General, Guangzhou: -again very good news DG!

As of 21 May, on the basis of data available from the Guangdong Health Department, there were no new confirmed cases of SARS in Guangdong for the fourth straight day. 4 patients were discharged from hospital and no new SARS death occurred. Cumulative totals for Guangdong are 1513 confirmed SARS cases (1 case reported earlier has been removed), 1419 patients discharged and 56 deaths. In addition there are now 173 suspected SARS cases in Guangdong.

As of 20 May, on the basis of data available from the Guangdong Health Department, there were no new confirmed cases of SARS in Guangdong for the third straight day. 27 patients were discharged from hospital and no new SARS death occurred. Cumulative totals for Guangdong are 1514 confirmed SARS cases, 1415 patients discharged and 56 deaths. In addition there are now 173 suspected SARS cases in Guangdong.

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