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The young man who has been the subject of several threads...has SARS. The school has been shut down. 5000 people are now in quarantine here in Toronto. They will announce new numbers tomorrow (after WHO told them to count differently) and they are announcing that the number of cases will likely double.

Another Catholic school is closed to students in the G.T.A. - but this one has nothing to do with a teacher lock out. Instead, more 1,500 students and staff who attend Father Michael McGivney Catholic Academy in Markham are in quarantine, after a Grade 11 pupil came down with S.A.R.S.-like symptoms last week. One of the boy's family members is a health care worker. The latest case, which officials stress is directly linked to the new cluster at North York General Hospital, affects anyone who was in the building for any reason between May 21-23. Both the boy and his...

Premier: Ontario to compensate all those who've lost wages because of SARS quarantine "I am giving you my word that any Ontarian who has lost wages because they've been asked to go into quarantine by public health officials will be fully compensated," Ontario Premier Ernie Eves said Thursday. BLYTH, Ont. -- All workers who have lost pay while in quarantine because of the city's SARS outbreak will be reimbursed, Ontario Premier Ernie Eves announced Thursday. ''I am giving you my word that any Ontarian who has lost wages because they've been asked to go into quarantine by public health officials...