SARS ‘over its peak’ despite fresh Toronto outbreak

THE SARS outbreak is “over its peak” around the world, including in the hardest-hit country, China, a World Health Organisation official said yesterday.

A renewed outbreak in Toronto shows, however, that the world must still remain vigilant against the illness, said Henk Bekedam, the WHO representative in China.

“It’s fair to say that the SARS epidemic is over its peak. We can see it globally and we can also see it in China,” Bekedam told a news conference. “I think that’s very good news.”