I already asked a question before I clicked the confirming email. 
This is not a second question.  It may be worded a little differently,
but is requests the same information.  Here is my question  Within the
next, I need to know if the SARS case in Guayaquil, Ecuador, which
necessitated the quarantine on the hospital in that city, has sprread
to another person in Ecuador.  My husbanc and I must commit to or
cancel trip plans to Ecuador within 9 days.  This is very important to
us, as my husband is elderly, a heart patient, and therefore highly
vulnerable. This is a one-time information request.  Thank you

Hello ollie455-ga,

I checked the Google Answers database for your user name. This is the
only question of yours thatis present.

I have found two articles, both in Spanish, with information about
SARS in Ecuador on the web site of the Arizona Republic. These are
from a special Spanish Language service of Associated Press and no
English translations are available.  One of these is about the case in
Guayaquil http://www.azcentral.com/spanish/latin-america/articles/latin-america_65992.html
(Associated Press 04/11/2003)  The SARS case in Guayaquil is a
Peruvian citizen, who was taken off an aircraft, en route from New
York to Lima, with symptoms of atypical pneumonia. This person has
been confirmed to have SARS and is currently in a coma. He is a
65-year-old with existing lung cancer.

The second article at
http://www.azcentral.com/spanish/health/articles/health_3510.html
(Associated Press 04/12/2003) reports a second case, suspected of
being SARS, in Quito. The patient, who is of Asian origin, had
returned from an unspecified location in Asia.

However, no link has been suggested between these two cases.  

The WHO (World Health Organization) publishes updates of areas
affected by SARS, where "affected" is defined as "an area in which
local chain(s) of transmission of SARS is/are occurring as reported by
the national public health authorities."
The update for April 14 lists the following areas, which do not
include Ecuador:

Country                Area  
Canada                 Toronto  
Singapore              Singapore  
China                 Beijing, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Shanxi, Taiwan
Province*
United States of America    Areas not reported*  
United Kingdom         London*  
Viet Nam               Hanoi  
where * is "Area with limited local transmission and no evidence of
international spread from area since 15 March 2003 and no transmission
other than close person-to-person contact reported."
http://www.who.int/csr/sarsareas/2003_04_14/en/

Search strategy: SARS Ecuador

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Request for Answer Clarification by ollie455-ga on 17 Apr 2003 09:10 PDT

There was a newspaper report early in the week regarding a passenger
en route from New York to Lima who became ill.  When the plane put
down in Guayaquil, the passenger was admitted to the Guayaquil
hospital, where the diagnosis was SARS.  The hospital was then
quarantined by the authorities.  I need to know if another case is
reported in the country.  Thank you.

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Clarification of Answer by tehuti-ga on 17 Apr 2003 14:18 PDT

Hello ollie455-ga,

As I stated in my answer, there is a second case in Ecuador , which is
thought to be SARS. The patient is in Quito, as reported in the
Spanish language article from Associated Press that I cited:
http://www.azcentral.com/spanish/health/articles/health_3510.html

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Clarification of Answer by tehuti-ga on 17 Apr 2003 15:24 PDT

Hello again ollie455,

I was wondering whether you need a translation of the article about
the second case, at http://www.azcentral.com/spanish/health/articles/health_3510.html
 
The translation of the article starts as follows:

A Probable Second Case of SARS in Ecudor
The Associated Press
04/12/2003

QUITO –  An Asiatic inhabitant of the city has been  admitted to
hospital with symptoms of atypical pneumonia, as confirmed to
Associated Press on Saturday by a medical spokesman.
This patient, who arrived as an emergency, was admitted on Friday to
the Cardiology Unit, on account of cardiac complications.
“One person of Asiatic origins is in hospital with symptoms of SARS”
was the confirmation given to AP by a source from the public hospital
Eugenio Espejo of Quito city. The source did not wish to be
identified.