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ALT The outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003 resulted in a global death toll of 774. Canada was the only country outside Asia that was significantly impacted by this highly infectious disease, with 44 deaths and about 25 000 Toronto residents quarantined. 2003 March and April * The first outbreak of SARS in Canada occurred in 1.Toronto, Ontario in March and April 2003. * A 2. provincial, emergency was declared on March 26. Province-wide directives on contact, droplet, and airborne 3. precautions were instituted in hospitals and 4.health care units and strict measures were taken to contain the outbreak. - May * In mid-May, the provincial emergency was lifted and many 5. health workers, believing that the disease was under control, stopped wearing b. respirators and other protective equipment. • Several days later, a new cluster of cases was reported and the second wave of SARS started. Strict controls were re-imposed, closing the 7. hospitals where new cases

ALT The outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003 resulted in a global death toll of 774. Canada was the only country outside Asia that was significantly impacted by this highly infectious disease, with 44 deaths and about 25 000 Toronto residents quarantined. 2003 March and April * The first outbreak of SARS in Canada occurred in 1.Toronto, Ontario in March and April 2003. * A 2. provincial, emergency was declared on March 26. Province-wide directives on contact, droplet, and airborne 3. precautions were instituted in hospitals and 4.health care units and strict measures were taken to contain the outbreak. - May * In mid-May, the provincial emergency was lifted and many 5. health workers, believing that the disease was under control, stopped wearing b. respirators and other protective equipment. • Several days later, a new cluster of cases was reported and the second wave of SARS started. Strict controls were re-imposed, closing the 7. hospitals where new cases

ALT Futurity article titled “Human neural stem cells are susceptible to COVID virus variants.” - Close-up illustration of colourful, spiky spherical objects resembling viruses. - Large purple sphere in the centre, surrounded by bright green, pink, red and blue spheres against a dark background. - Headline reports that human neural stem cells are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 variants. - Subheading highlights concerns that maternal COVID-19 infection may affect early nervous system development. - Futurity.org website address appears at the bottom.































