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Additional SARS resources
Dear Members of the University Community, We are writing to update you on the measures that the University is taking to safeguard the health and safety of the campus community in response to the recent outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Following the recommendations of the SARS Advisory Committee, and as a follow-up to the campus-wide announcement of
| Additional SARS resources |
Because of continuing uncertainty caused by the SARS outbreak in Toronto, Canada, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a travel advisory on period. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a less strongly worded advisory for travel to Toronto. As a result, we are currently advising all faculty, staff and students to postpone all but essential travel to Toronto for the time being. The University also is extending until June 15 the cancellation or postponement of sponsored study abroad and other group activities to China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Vietnam. Where necessary, academic units will take steps to assure that students are able to fulfill any academic requirements associated with such travel. Because of the low incidence of reported cases and stabilization in numbers of new infections, Taiwan is removed from this list. Because of concerns that conditions are worsening in parts of Asia, especially China, faculty, staff, and students should defer travel to Hong Kong, Singapore and Vietnam for the time being. The University will not provide funding for travel to these affected regions. At the present time this restriction on University funding does not apply to essential travel to Toronto. Risks associated with travel to high-risk SARS areas in Asia include the possibility of being placed in quarantine with no access to personal physicians or family; difficulty in securing medical evacuation; and the possibility of being placed in quarantine during international travel if symptoms associated with SARS are identified. Visitors to the University from the affected countries are asked to consider their plans carefully, to make sure they are informed about SARS and its symptoms, to not come if they have been in direct contact with an individual with SARS within the last two weeks, and to take into account the risks that may attend such travel. These steps are being taken in conjunction with the University’s implementation guidelines for international travel, which cover travel to locations that are under a State Department travel warning. These guidelines, together with other updates, are on the website of the International Travel Oversight Committee [http://www.umich.edu/~itoc/]. Other information about SARS may be found on the website of the University Health Service [http://www.uhs.umich.edu/uhs/whatsup/sars.html]. Future updates for the University’s policies regarding SARS and international travel will be made by the SARS Advisory Committee, who will consult with us and other Executive Officers of the University. John Godfrey, Rackham Graduate School and Dr. Robert Winfield, Director of University Health Services, are co-chairs of this committee. For the latest information related to SARS, please call 1-800-742-2300 and enter category #6375. Additional information about the threat posed by SARS, including specific travel advisories urging the postponement of all non-essential travel to high-risk regions, are available at the websites of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/), the World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/csr/sars/en/), and the State Related Links: http://www.uhs.umich.edu/uhs/whatsup/sars.html http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/ http://www.who.int/csr/sars/en/ |
