Last night, the University issued a moratorium on school-sponsored travel to parts of Asia affected by the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
In response to advice from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization, the University's Emergency Preparedness Task Force advised President Shirley Tilghman to discontinue funded trips abroad to China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Hanoi, director of communications Lauren Robinson-Brown '85 said.
"This actually happened pretty rapidly, but the situation regarding S.A.R.S. is happening rapidly. We felt a fast response was appropriate," Robinson-Brown said.
This moratorium will not impact Study Abroad programs already underway. It is unclear, however, how the moratorium will impact summer programs.
"We will continue to monitor the situation," she said. "If the CDC determines more areas in the future, we'll have to evaluate those as well."
Robinson-Brown said it is the University's policy to follow State Department advisories on such matters.
The symptoms of S.A.R.S. include a fever, chills and head and body aches, as well as a dry cough. S.A.R.S. has an incubation period of 2-7 days.
The illness has been spreading rapidly since the first outbreak was reported on Feb. 26 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The CDC has not yet determined an effective treatment for the condition, according to its website.
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