‘No plan to combat SARS outbreak’

THE Government was last night accused of having no strategy to tackle the killer SARS virus.

Tests on a Chinese woman suspected of having the virus proved negative yesterday, but the handling of the case showed there was no plan to deal with a potential epidemic, said Fine Gael.

“There is no plan, there are no isolation facilities, no screening of travellers from affected areas and no precautions to deal with an outbreak,” Fine Gael deputy health spokesman Dan Neville said.