] 5 July 2003 | GENEVA -- Today, the World Health
] Organization is removing Taiwan, China, from the list of
] areas with recent local transmission of severe acute
] respiratory syndrome (SARS). Taiwan is the last area to
] be removed from the list. It has been 20 days, or two
] consecutive 10-day incubation periods, since the last
] case on June 15. Based on country surveillance reports,
] the human chains of SARS virus transmission appear to
] have been broken everywhere in the world.