BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4932

HR-BULLETIN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4932 HINA Zagreb 23 April 2003NO SARS IN CROATIA - HEALTH MINISTRYZAGREB, April 23 (Hina) - Croatia cannot prevent the entry of people infected with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) into the country but it is taking measures to prevent it from spreading, a SARS committee with the Croatian Health Ministry said on Wednesday. "There is a chance that the illness will arrive in the country sooner or later because we cannot isolate ourselves from the rest of the world, however, the measures that we have taken so far will ensure that the illness does not spread uncontrollably and that adequate medical attention be given to those affected as soon as possible," it was said at a session of the SARS committee. Not one case of SARS has been recorded in Croatia as yet while elsewhere in the world there have been 3,947 cases of which 1,935 persons were cured and 229 died from the illness.CROATIAN-UKRAINIAN COMMITTEE HOLDS 1ST MEETING IN