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The virus initially found a way to successfully spread itself from person to person. This method was when an infected person went to hospital; he/she would spread it to the unaware medical team, who in turn would spread it to their patients. From only a few cases the SARS virus escalated to 150 reported cases in March, then to 6000 in the end of April, then 7000 and now 8000.
The WHO, through the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), is working to track and trace the origins of this disease, develop precision diagnostics for it, and provide advice on treatment for SARS to medical teams around the world. WHO is working with health authorities in the affected countries and other heath networks such as the CDC to supply epidemiological, clinical and logistic support that they need, therefore playing both an advisory and technical role in solving the problem.
What is the WHO Doing about SARS? =================================
The WHO has been involved in investigating SARS since they had come to know of the outbreak in Guangdong. This was on February 11, …show more content…
Containment and quarantine of areas hit by SARS has almost halted the spread of the disease. Now only a few new cases pop up and WHO officials have stated that ‘SARS is over its peak’, calling off the red-light alert and looking for way to more efficiently handle such a task in the future. Through lab research, scientists have found out that SARS is a type of corona virus caused by a new member of that family. With this information the scientists have been able to develop drugs that will ease the SARS patients and fight the disease to some extent, should it continue or come up again in the future. In addition to that the WHO has also been trying to mend the battered tourism and trade industry by means of creating information pages that have travel and trade recommendations to the general public.
In the end there still is no proven cure to SARS, even though many cases have recovered from the disease. The WHO has been very successful in containing and researching the disease and now the ‘masked’ face of people whom SARS has instilled fear to, is slowly dieing away.
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The WHO, through the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), is working to track and trace the origins of this disease, develop precision diagnostics for it, and provide advice on treatment for SARS to medical teams around the world. WHO is working with health authorities in the affected countries and other heath networks such as the CDC to supply epidemiological, clinical and logistic support that they need, therefore playing both an advisory and technical role in solving the problem.
What is the WHO Doing about SARS? =================================
The WHO has been involved in investigating SARS since they had come to know of the outbreak in Guangdong. This was on February 11, …show more content…
Containment and quarantine of areas hit by SARS has almost halted the spread of the disease. Now only a few new cases pop up and WHO officials have stated that ‘SARS is over its peak’, calling off the red-light alert and looking for way to more efficiently handle such a task in the future. Through lab research, scientists have found out that SARS is a type of corona virus caused by a new member of that family. With this information the scientists have been able to develop drugs that will ease the SARS patients and fight the disease to some extent, should it continue or come up again in the future. In addition to that the WHO has also been trying to mend the battered tourism and trade industry by means of creating information pages that have travel and trade recommendations to the general public.
In the end there still is no proven cure to SARS, even though many cases have recovered from the disease. The WHO has been very successful in containing and researching the disease and now the ‘masked’ face of people whom SARS has instilled fear to, is slowly dieing away.
Analysis of the Sources