2002–2004 SARS outbreak
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Map of the infected countries of the epidemic of SARS between 1 Nov 2002 and 7 Aug 2003 Countries with confirmed deaths Countries with confirmed infections Countries without confirmed cases | |
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| Disease | SARS |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-1 |
| Location | Worldwide mostly in East Asia |
| First outbreak | Shunde, Guangdong, China |
| Index case | 16 Nov 2002 |
| Arrival date | Early 2003 |
| Date | 16 Nov 2002 – 19 May 2004 1 year, 6 months and 3 days |
| Confirmed cases | 8,096 |
Deaths | 774 |
Territories | Around 30 countries |
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The 2002–2004 outbreak of SARS, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-1), infected over 8,000 people from 30 countries and territories, and resulted in at least 774 deaths worldwide.[1]
The outbreak was first identified in Foshan, Guangdong, China, in November 2002.[2] The World Health Organization (WHO) was notified of the outbreak in February 2003, and issued a global alert in March 2003. Initially, the cause of the outbreak was unknown, and some media outlets reported that an influenza virus was a potential culprit.[3] The major part of the outbreak lasted about 8 months, and the World Health Organization declared SARS contained on 5 July 2003. However, several SARS cases were reported until May 2004.[4]
In late December 2019, SARS-CoV-2, a coronavirus in the same genus as the one that caused SARS, was discovered in Wuhan, Hubei, China. This strain causes COVID-19, which spread to other areas of Asia, and then worldwide in early 2020, marking the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6]
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