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cord-252292-qz9msrl7	Wilder-Smith, Annelies	Experience of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Singapore: Importation of Cases, and Defense Strategies at the Airport	2006-03-08		.txt	text/plain	2165	107	58	METHODS: Information on imported cases of SARS and measures taken at entry points to Singapore was retrieved from the Ministry of Health and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. The large outbreaks in Hong Kong, Toronto, Singapore and Vietnam were initiated by cases that were imported before this new disease had been identified and before appropriate measures had been put in place to prevent transmission. Information on measures taken at the national airport (Changi Airport), seaports and road entry points to reduce the importation of further cases was obtained from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and from the websites of the Ministry of Health, Singapore (http://www.moh.gov.sq/sars/news/chronology.html; accessed 15 June). She became very unwell and breathless on her return flight from Beijing to Singapore on 26 March, but no precautions were taken on the airplane,as her diagnosis was not known.Immediately after arrival, her mother took her in a taxi to Tan Tock Seng Hospital,where she was isolated in the Intensive Care Unit.	./cache/cord-252292-qz9msrl7.txt	./txt/cord-252292-qz9msrl7.txt