The United States and London are now o­n the World Health Organisation's (WHO) list of areas where local transmission of SARS are occurring and the Malaysian government's decision o­n whether to impose travel restrictions to and from these two areas will be discussed at the National Committee o­n severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) tomorrow.

Disclosing this today, Health Minister Chua Jui Meng said the meeting would also discuss whether passengers coming from the two areas would be subjected to screening before they are allowed to board flights to Malaysia.

But WHO has not specified which areas in US are affected, while in Britain, it is confined to London, he told reporters after visiting the Ipoh Hospital.

However he advised Malaysians to restrict travel to these areas.