As predicted this virus continues to spread.

Indonesia and the Philippines reported their first cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome, both of them foreigners who had traveled to Hong Kong or Singapore, bringing the number of nations with reported cases to 20.

The Lancet, a prestigious British medical journal, broke with tradition this week and published findings on-line about the origin of this organism. (requires registration)

The US is taking more aggressive measures and has issued a travel warning to China.

The mortality rate remains about 4%, and I was interested in the age group that are succumbing. Here are the Canadian deaths.

SARS Deaths

Gender Age Date of Death