THE World Health Organisation said in Geneva yesterday that it will remove Singapore from the list of countries affected by the SARS virus.
The UN health agency said it made the decision because it was 20 days after the last locally acquired case was placed in isolation. The 20-day period represents twice the maximum incubation period a reliable indication, following established epidemiological principles, that a chain of transmission has been broken.
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