THE World Health Organisation said yesterday the world should be free of the deadly SARS virus within the next two to three weeks, but warned the disease could emerge in China again next winter.

THE SARS threat could be over within months, but countries must remain vigilant to prevent the disease from resurfacing and combat other possible future epidemics, World Health Organisation officials said yesterday.

THE World Health Organisation said yesterday the global SARS outbreak may be nearing an end, and hard-hit Hong Kong reported no new infections or deaths for the first day since March.

The World Health Organisation warned today that Sars could yet become an endemic disease if further outbreaks are not contained.

UN HEALTH chiefs yesterday said the worst of the SARS outbreak appeared to be over in Singapore, Hong Kong and Canada, while Vietnam has become the first country to contain the highly infectious disease.

The worst of the Sars outbreak appears to be over in Hong Kong, Singapore and Canada, but the deadly virus is still spreading in China, the UN’s World Health Organisation warned today.

Travellers should avoid Toronto, Beijing and China’s Shanxi province because of Sars, the World Health Organisation said today.

CHINA, accused by the World Health Organisation of dramatically under-reporting SARS cases in Beijing, dug in its heels yesterday, refusing to revise its toll and insisting it is dealing responsibly with the outbreak.

A MYSTERY respiratory virus which has claimed more than 90 lives may be carried by people without symptoms, making it impossible to contain.

The United Nations health agency today advised travellers to avoid visiting Hong Kong and the Chinese province of Guangdong because of a deadly outbreak of a mystery disease.