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Health alert lifted after Canadian Sars scare

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Health measures against Canadian visitors were lifted yesterday after the World Health Organisation confirmed that an outbreak of an acute respiratory illness in an elderly home in British Columbia was not Sars. Canadians had been distributed with health alert cards, and health workers staff were deployed last week to monitor them for any signs of illness upon arrival.

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