One of my friend is quarantined because he thinks her mother
might be infected. Ontario is under alert.
http://www.canoe.ca/TorontoNews/ts.ts-03-27-0002.html
Top officials in Toronto's medical staff believe up to 3,000 people may have been exposed -- directly or indirectly -- to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, according to Toronto Sun sources.
"It's out of control," the source said.
An "unprecedented" quarantine of thousands of Torontonians has been ordered to stop the deadly spread of SARS, which has also been declared a provincial emergency.
10-DAY ISOLATION
Anyone who has even visited the Scarborough Grace hospital since March 16 has been asked to voluntarily isolate themselves in their homes for 10 days since their last visit.
"We realize this is a substantial number of people," said Dr. Sheela Basrur, Toronto's medical officer of health. "It could be in the thousands.
"This is an incident of unprecedented scope and magnitude," Basrur said. "It's a daunting task.