May 2003
On May 4 the newly infected number of people in Hong Kong drops to a single digit.
On May 19 the WHO Annual Meeting is held in Geneva. Hong Kong pushes for the Tourism Warning to be lifted.
On May 20 the WHO refuses to lift the Tourism Warning.
On May 23, after a re-count of the number of SARS patients in hospital, WHO lifts the Tourism Warning from Hong Kong and Guangdong.
On May 24, the number of newly infected patients is zero for the first time in Hong Kong, since the outbreak in the city in March.
On May 24, a new cluster of about 20 suspected patients is reported in Toronto.
By May 29, more than 5000 people were quarantined in Canada by authorities seeking to control the potential spread of this new SARS outbreak.
On May 31, Singapore is removed from WHO's list of 'Infected Areas'.
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