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Document
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MO-1865-I
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File #
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MA-030326-1
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Institution/HIC
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City of Toronto
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Summary
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During the spring and summer of 2003, the City of Toronto (the City) experienced a serious health crisis when severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was detected in a number of area residents. The City describes the crisis as follows: [SARS] was first recognized in Toronto in a woman who had returned from Hong Kong in late February 2003. Transmission to others resulted subsequently in an outbreak among 257 people in several Greater Toronto Area hospitals. On March 12, 2003, the World Health Organization issued a global alert regarding the mystery illness soon to be known as SARS. During [the period of March 8 to March 18, 2003], public health officials began to suspect the connection between the disease in Guangdong province, Hong Kong and Toronto. Physicians began to discover that standard protection would not prevent the spread of the disease and a number of SARS clusters developed as the disease was transmitted from patient to patient or patient to caregiver. March 13, 2003, Health Canada received notification of the Toronto clusters and began daily teleconferencing with provincial and local health officials. After implementation of province-wide public health measures, including strict infection control practices, the number of recognized cases of SARS declined substantially, and no cases were detected after April 20 th . On April 30, 2003, the World Health Organization lifted a travel advisory issued on April 22, 2003 that had recommended limiting travel to Toronto. A second wave of SARS cases among patients, visitors, and health care workers occurred at a Toronto hospital 4 weeks after SARS transmission was thought to have been interrupted. From February 23, 2003, to June 7, 2003, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care received reports of 361 SARS cases (suspect 136 [38%]; probable 225 [62%]; as of June 7, 2003, a total of 33 people (9%) had died. (Health Canada)). The economic impact of the SARS was severe and is still being felt by the City.
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Legislation
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MFIPPA
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17(1)
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2(1) personal information
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7(1)
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9(1)
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Subject Index
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Signed by
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Tom Mitchinson
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Published
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Nov 16, 2004
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Type
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Order – Interim
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