2002–2004 SARS outbreak

2002–2004 SARS outbreak
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
Map of SARS cases and deaths around the world regarding the global population
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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Coronaviruses

Types Alphacoronavirus Betacoronavirus Gammacoronavirus Deltacoronavirus
Diseases Common cold SARS MERS COVID-19
Vaccines COVID-19 vaccine
Epidemics and pandemics SARS (2002–2004) MERS (2012-present) COVID-19 (2019-present)
See also Coronaviridae Novel coronavirus History of coronavirus

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.

The outbreak was first identified in Foshan, Guangdong, China, in November 2002. 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. 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.

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.