Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS)

  Last updated on 16 Oct., 2003      

"Message from President of FACS" 
10th Asian Chemical Congress and 8th Eurasia will be held at Hanoi, Vietnam 21-24 October 2003

The situation regarding SARS Virus has improved dramatically. I am able to advise that the 10th Asian Chemical Congress and 8th Eurasia will be held at Hanoi, Vietnam 21-24 October 2003.

As of 14 July, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised that it will no longer publish a daily table of the cumulative number of reported probable cases of SARS. Review of cases is ongoing and, in some countries/areas, the final outcome of probable cases is still unfolding. The WHO continues to consolidate global surveillance data for the outbreak period, 1 November to 5 July 2003 and will publish these findings on this site. Situation updates will be issued should any change in the present SARS situation occur. Refer to http://www.who.int/csr/sars/en/ A report on Vietnam is given at http://www.who.int/csr/sars/epicurve/epiindex/en/index8.html which shows that cases of SARS have been absent in Vietnam since mid-April 2003.

Barry N Noller
15 July 2003

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