The following is a timeline of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is an atypical form of pneumonia. ...

November 2002

On November 16, 2002 an outbreak of what is believed to be severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) began in the Guangdong province of China, which borders on Hong Kong. The first case of infection was speculated to be a farmer in Foshan County. The People's Republic of China (PRC) notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about this outbreak on February 10, reporting 305 cases including 5 deaths; it was later reported that the outbreak in Guangdong had peaked in mid-February, but that appears to be false, as later 806 infections and 34 deaths were reported. November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is an atypical form of pneumonia. ... Guangdong (Simplified Chinese: 广东; Traditional Chinese: 廣東; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kuang-tung; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangtung or Canton Province, Jyutping: gwong2 dung1; Vietnamese: Quảng Đông), is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The WHO flag: similar to the flag of the United Nations, augmented with the symbolic staff and serpent of Asklepios, Greek god of medicine and healing. ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Early in the epidemic, the PRC discouraged its press from reporting on SARS and lagged in reporting the situation to the World Health Organization, delaying the initial report. Initially, it did not provide information for Chinese provinces other than Guangdong, the province where the disease is believed to have originated. [1] For example, a WHO team that travelled to Beijing was not allowed to visit the Guangdong province for several weeks. This resulted in international criticism which seemed to have caused a change in government policy in early April. The PRC Health Minister has apologized for early delays in reporting and has been holding regular press conferences. The PRC government appears to have issued directives that the press should not refrain from stating bad news and that government officials should accept media supervision. Beijing ▶(?) (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Peking) is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...

February 2003

On February 21, a Chinese doctor who had treated cases in Guangdong checked into the Hong Kong hotel Metropole and infected up to twelve other guests there. He was admitted to the Hong Kong Kwong Wah Hospital and died on March 4. A 27-years-old infected man who stayed in Metropole and on the same floor with the Chinese doctor was admitted to Prince of Wales Hospital. A large number of hospital workers were infected while treating him. About 80% of the Hong Kong cases have been traced back to this doctor. February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Metropole was the name given to the English metropolitan center of the British Empire, i. ... Kwong Wah Hospital(KWH) was founded by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (TWGHs)in 1911. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... Prince of Wales Hospital (威爾斯親王醫院), located in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, is a public hospital and the teaching hospital of the Medical Faculty of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. ...

On the 25th, a businessman who had travelled in Hong Kong and Guangdong Province returns home to Taipei. The outbreak on the island of Taiwan begins. Also, another person who was at the Metropole returns to Singapore. Guangdong (Simplified Chinese: 广东; Traditional Chinese: 廣東; pinyin: Guǎngdōng; Wade-Giles: Kuang-tung; Kwangtung in older transliteration; Cantonese: gwong2 dung1), is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ... City nickname: the City of Azaleas Capital District Xinyi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 16 of 25 271. ...

On February 28, the American businessman Johnny Chen who lived in Shanghai travelled via Hong Kong, where he stayed in the Metropole Hotel, to Singapore. On the flight he fell ill and the plane diverted to Hanoi, Vietnam, where he was admitted to the Vietnam France Hospital on February 26. After the disease was transmitted to a number of hospital workers there, he was returned to Hong Kong where he died on March 14. February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; pinyin: ; Shanghainese IPA: ; Lumazi: Zanhe) , situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is Chinas largest city. ... Hanoi (Vietnamese: quốc ngữ Hà Nội; chữ nôm 河内), estimated population 4,100,000 (2004), is the capital of Vietnam and was the capital of North Vietnam from 1954 to 1976. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ...

WHO doctor Carlo Urbani, who was based in Hanoi, noticed the outbreak among hospital workers there and first identified SARS. Carlo Urbani (October 19, 1956 - March 29, 2003) was an Italian physician and the first to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) as a new disease. ... Hanoi (Vietnamese: quốc ngữ Hà Nội; chữ nôm 河内), estimated population 4,100,000 (2004), is the capital of Vietnam and was the capital of North Vietnam from 1954 to 1976. ...

Almost all of those infected to date have been either medical staff or family members of people who have fallen ill. It is believed that all affected medical staff were not using respiratory precautions, a safety protocol that should fully protect medical workers, at the time of exposure. The various cases around the world are directly or indirectly traceable to people who have recently visited Asia. World map showing Asia (geographically) Asia is the central and eastern part of Eurasia and worlds largest continent. ...

March 2003

On March 11 Carlo Urbani travels to Bangkok to attend a medical conference. On the flight he falls ill and upon arrival in Bangkok tells an awaiting friend not to touch him and to call an ambulance to take him to a hospital. He is isolated in an intensive care unit. 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... Bangkok from the Chao Phraya River at sunset, July 2004 The Wat Phra Kaew temple Bangkok Metropolitan Administration building Bangkok, (in Thai กรุงเทพ ฯ, กรุงเทพมหานคร, or Krung Thep, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, IPA: ), population 8,538,610 (1990), is the capital and largest city of Thailand. ...

On March 20, WHO reported that several hospitals in Vietnam and Hong Kong were operating with half the usual staff, because many workers stayed home out of fear of getting infected. WHO raised the concern that substandard care of the infected patients may contribute to the spread of the disease. March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ...

On March 25, Hong Kong authorities said nine tourists came down with the disease when a mainland Chinese man infected them on a March 15 Air China flight to Beijing. SARS starts to hit Amoy Gardens Block E heavily. March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... Air China (Chinese: 中国国际航空公司, Zhōngguó Guójì Hángkōng GōngsÄ«, literally Chinese International Aviation Company, abbreviated 国航) is the Peoples Republic of Chinas state owned and largest commercial airline (not to be confused with China Airlines, which is the Republic of China (Taiwan)s state airline) and... Amoy Gardens (淘大花園) is a high-density middle-class housing estate in Hong Kong completed from 1980 - 1987. ...

The Singapore Government enforced compulsory quarantine of any infected person. Quarantine, a medical term (from Italian: quaranta giorni, forty days) is the act of keeping people or animals separated for a period of time before, for instance, allowing them to enter another country. ...

On March 27, Arthur K. C. Li, the head of the Hong Kong Education and Manpower Bureau, announced class cancellation of all educational institutions. The Ministry of Education of Singapore announced that all primary schools, secondary schools and junior colleges will be shut until April 6, 2003. Polytechnics and universites are not affected. March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... Arthur Kwok Cheung Li GBS, JP is a member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Secretary for Education and Manpower since August 2002. ... The Hong Kong Education and Manpower Bureau (ch. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On March 29, Dr. Urbani dies in Bangkok of SARS. March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ...

On March 30, Hong Kong authorities quarantined the estate E of the Amoy Gardens Apartment due to a massive (200+ cases) outbreak in the building. The balcony was completely closed of all uses and guarded by the police. The residents of the building were later transferred to the quarantined Lei Yue Mun Holiday Camp and Lady MacLehose Holiday Village on April 1 because the building was deemed a health hazard. Most of the cases were tied to apartment units with a north-western orientation that shared the same sewage pipe. According to government officials, the virus was brought into the estate by an infected kidney patient (type of kidney illness has not been specified) who after he was discharged from Prince of Wales Hospital, visited and thus infected his elder brother living in a flat on the seventh floor. Through excretion the virus spread through plumbing. One speculated theory that supported airborne transmission was that the virus was spread through dried up U-shaped P-traps in the plumbing and was blown by a maritime breeze to the ventilation of the estate's balcony and stairwells. It was confirmed that the virus can spread via droplets, but this latest outbreak made the officials question the possibility of spreading through the air. March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... Amoy Gardens (淘大花園) is a high-density middle-class housing estate in Hong Kong completed from 1980 - 1987. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... Human kidneys viewed from behind with spine removed The kidneys are bean-shaped excretory organs in vertebrates. ...

April 2003

On April 1, the U.S. government called back non-essential personnel in their consulate office in Hong Kong and Guangzhou. The US government also advised US citizens not to travel to the region. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ...

On April 2, Chinese medical officials began reporting the status of the SARS outbreak. China's southern Guangdong province reported 361 new infections and 9 new deaths, increasing the total Mainland China figures previously reported at end-February. The virus was also detected in Beijing and Shanghai. The WHO also advised travelers to avoid Hong Kong and Guangdong during a press briefing. [2]
A Hong Kong boy was also arrested for spreading rumors on the Internet that Hong Kong was being declared an infected area. 2 April is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... In this map of China, the light-coloured areas represent Mainland China, while yellow coloured area refers to Taiwan. ...

On April 3, a WHO team of international scientists landed in Guangzhou from Beijing to discuss with officials but has yet to inspect any suspected origin or any medical facilities on progress of infection control. 15 of the quarantined Amoy Gardens residents at Lei Yue Mun Holiday Camp have been relocated to the Sai Kung Outdoor Recreation Centre after an overnight protest on washroom sharing. The first medical worker infected with SARS died in Hong Kong. The doctor was survived by a daughter and his infected wife who is also among the quarantined medical workers under intensive care. Hong Kong school closure was extended by two weeks to April 21. April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... Location within China Guangzhou is the capital of Guangdong Province in southern China. ... Amoy Gardens (淘大花園) is a high-density middle-class housing estate in Hong Kong completed from 1980 - 1987. ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ...

On April 4, the WHO team inspected the first infection case in Foshan County. The male infected four people but did not infect his family. A 40-year-old woman became the first local case in Shanghai. A Chinese health specialist admitted at a press conference of not informing early enough on the outbreak. The PRC Health Minister also claimed that the disease has been under control in most parts of mainland China. He also released the names of seven drugs which he claimed to be effective in curing SARS. WHO officials said that the information provided by the PRC about the disease has been "very detailed". US government enforced compulsory quarantine of any infected person. April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; pinyin: ; Shanghainese IPA: ; Lumazi: Zanhe) , situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is Chinas largest city. ...

On April 5, the Singapore government announced that school closure will be extended. Junior colleages will reopen on April 9, secondary schools on April 14 and primary schools and pre-schools on April 16. April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ...

On April 6 a SARS case was found in Manila, from a person who returned from Hong Kong. April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES City of Manila Region: National Capital Region Province: — Dates: Founded—June 24, 1571 Cityhood—June 10, 1574 Population: 2000 census—1,581,082 Density—41,014 per km² Area: 38. ...

On April 8, SARS starts to plague the Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate near Amoy Gardens in Kowloon. Hong Kong health officials warned that SARS had spread so far domestically and abroad that it was here to stay. Nevertheless, WHO officials remained cautiously optimistic that the disease could still be contained. [3] April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ...

On April 10, Dr. Jim Hughes, the head of infectious disease at the CDC, confirming the warnings of Hong Kong health officials, claimed that he believed that SARS could no longer be eradicated in the Far East. However, he remained hopeful that it could be prevented from spreading widely in North America. [4] April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ...

On April 11 the World Health Organization issues a global health alert for SARS as it becomes clear the disease was being spread by global air travel. April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... The WHO flag: similar to the flag of the United Nations, augmented with the symbolic staff and serpent of Asklepios, Greek god of medicine and healing. ... This article refers to the tool of travel. ...

On April 12, Dr. Marco Marra, director of the Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, which is part of the British Columbia Cancer Agency, announced that scientists at his center had broken the genetic code of the virus suspected of causing the disease. [5] In Toronto three more people die of SARS, bringing the Canadian death toll to 13. April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ...

On April 16, the WHO issued a press release stating that the coronavirus identified by a number of laboratories was the official cause of SARS. The virus was officially named the SARS virus. [6] April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... See also: Progress of the SARS outbreak and Severe acute respiratory syndrome. ...

Doctors were surprised to discover the occurrence of at least two cases of SARS in Dinnur, a village in Bangalore, India. Extremely poor hygiene and a lack of adequate trash disposal seemed to have hastened the spread of the deadly disease. It is expected to kill a few hundred, despite the location of the rural community in India's 'Silicon Valley'. Bangalore (Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು) (pronounced // in Kannada and // in English) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. ...

On April 19, Premier of the People's Republic of China Wen Jiabao announced that there would be severe consequences for local officials who do not report SARS cases in a timely and accurate manner, signalling at a major change in policy. (SARS had also been gaining prominence in the mainland Chinese media; by late April, it had jumped from virtual invisibility onto the front-page, with daily reports from all provinces on new cases and measures.) April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... The Premier ( Chinese: 总理 pinyin: zŏnglĭ), sometimes referred to as the Prime Minister, is the Chairman of the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China and head of Central Peoples Government. ... Wen Jiabao (Simplified Chinese: 温家宝; Traditional Chinese: 溫家寶; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Wen Chia-pao) (born September 1942) is the Premier of the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

On April 20, Beijing mayor Meng Xuenong and health minister of the PRC Zhang Wenkang were replaced respectively by Wang Qishan from Hainan and the former deputy health minister Gao Qiang. They are the first two high rank officials in the PRC to be dismissed because of the fallout of the epidemic. In the news conference chaired by Gao Qiang several hours earlier, the PRC admitted that in Beijing there are more than 300 cases, as opposed to the previous figure of only 37. One day later the figure has increased to 407. Chinese officials also admitted to major underreporting of cases, which were attributed to bureaucratic ineptitude. April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... Wang Qishan (b. ... Hainan (Chinese: 海南; pinyin: ) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located at the southern end of the country. ...

Also on April 20th, Singapore closed down the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre for 10 days, its largest market for fresh produce that is imported to the island state. It estimated that 2400 people were going to be given home quarantine orders based on the calculation that there were 800 shops and each one had on average one owner and two workers. Two vegetable sellers and a taxi driver who frequented the wholesale market had been diagnosed with probable SARS. As a result of this, reports of shortages of fresh green leafy vegetables arose not long afterward. [7] April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ...

22 April: Schools start to reopen in stages in Hong Kong. April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ...

On April 23, Beijing annouced that all primary and secondary schools will be closed for two weeks. A few days before, some colleges in Peking University had been closed because some students had been infected. The WHO issues travel advisories against Beijing, Toronto, and Shanxi Province[8]. April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... Beijing â–¶(?) (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Peking) is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... {{Hide = {{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: {{Unhide = {{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|center|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada location. ... Not to be confused with the neighboring province of Shaanxi Shanxi (Chinese: 山西; pinyin: Shānxī; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Shansi) is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

On April 24, the Hong Kong Government announced a HK$11.8 billion relief package designed to assist Hong Kong's battered tourism, entertainment, retail and catering sectors, consisting of a waiver of tourism- and transport-related licence fees, and HK$1 billion allocated for tourism promotion overseas. The package also includes a salaries tax rebate, and reduced rates. April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ...

On April 26, Wu Yi is named Zhang Wenkang's replacement as PRC health minister. April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... Vice-premier Wu Yi Wú Yí (吴仪) (born 1938 in Wuhan, China) is one of four vice-premiers of the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

On 26 April-27, Chinese authorities closed down theaters, discos, and other entertainment venues in Beijing as the death toll in Beijing continued to rise, threatening to become the worst hit area of the country, eclipsing the Guangdong province. Authorities are bolstered by the fact that the infection rate seems to have declined, with the Guangdong region only exporting 3 new infections over the weekend. The economic impact is becoming dramatic as shops, restaurants, markets, bars, universities, schools and many other businesses have closed, as well as some government ministries and large state banks are working with minimal staff levels. April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... Beijing ▶(?) (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Peking) is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Guangdong (Simplified Chinese: 广东; Traditional Chinese: 廣東; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kuang-tung; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangtung or Canton Province, Jyutping: gwong2 dung1; Vietnamese: Quảng Đông), is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

On April 28, WHO declared the outbreak in Vietnam to be over because no new cases were reported for 20 days. April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ...

Also on April 29, leaders of member countries of ASEAN and the PRC premier held an emergency summit in Bangkok, Thailand in order to address the SARS problem. Among the decisions made were the setting-up of a ministerial-level task force and uniform pre-departure health screening in airports. April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... Main languages See Languages of ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong of Singapore Area  - Total 4,480,000 km2 Population  - Total (2004)  - Density 550,000,000 122. ... PRC is a common abbreviation for: Peoples Republic of China Palestinian Red Crescent Popular Resistance Committees This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Bangkok from the Chao Phraya River at sunset, July 2004 The Wat Phra Kaew temple Bangkok Metropolitan Administration building Bangkok, (in Thai กรุงเทพ ฯ, กรุงเทพมหานคร, or Krung Thep, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, IPA: ), population 8,538,610 (1990), is the capital and largest city of Thailand. ... Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is an atypical form of pneumonia. ...

On April 30, the World Health Organization lifted the SARS travel warning for Toronto. The decision was made because "it is satisfied with local measures to stop the spread of Sars". Canadian officials say they will step up screenings at airports [9]. April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ...

May 2003

On 4 May the newly infected number of people in Hong Kong drops to a single digit. May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ...

On 7 May no (??) Hong Kong medical personnel is infected for the first time. May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ...

On 19 May the WHO Annual Meeting is held in Geneva. Hong Kong pushes for the Tourism Warning to be lifted. May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ...

On 20 May the WHO refuses to lift the Tourism Warning. 20 May is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ...

On 23 May, after a re-count of the number of SARS patients in hospital, WHO lifts the Tourism Warning from Hong Kong and Guangdong. May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ...

On 24 May, the number of newly infected patients is zero for the first time in Hong Kong, since the outbreak in the city in March. May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ...

On 24 May, a new cluster of about 20 suspected patients is reported in Toronto. May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ...

By 29 May, more than 5000 people were quarantined in Canada by authorities seeking to control the potential spread of this new SARS outbreak. May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ...

On 31 May, Singapore is removed from WHO's list of 'Infected Areas'. May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining, as the last day of May. ...

June 2003

On 23 June, Hong Kong is removed from WHO's list of 'Infected Areas'. The three places left on the list are Toronto, Beijing, and Taiwan. June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ...

On 27 June, the World Health Organization said the world population should be SARS-free within the next two to three weeks, but warned the disease could emerge in China next winter. June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ...

July 2003

On 5 July, WHO declared the SARS outbreak contained and removed Taiwan from the list of affected areas. There have been no new cases for 20 days although around 200 people are still hospitalized with the disease. July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ...

September 2003

A worker in a SARS research lab in Singapore contracts the disease.

December 2003

A researcher in a SARS lab in Taiwan comes down with SARS after returning from Singapore attending a medical conference, 70 people in Singapore have been quarantined.

A the end of December, China announced a suspected case of SARS from the area the virus originated and in an individual who was not a SARS researcher.

January 2004

5 January: China confirms that the case reported in December is a case of wild source SARS. The Philippines announced a possible case in a person just returned from Hong Kong. January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

7 January: The Philippines announces that their possible SARS case is just pneumonia. China culls civets in markets, thought to be a reservoir for the disease. January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Subfamilies Cryptoproctinae Euplerinae Hemigalinae Paradoxurinae Viverrinae The 35 species of civet, genet and linsang make up the family Viverridae. ...

10 January: A restaurant worker in Guangzhou province is confirmed as the second wild source SARS since the outbreak was contained. Guangzhou was also the site of the first case in December and is thought to be the origin of the virus in the original outbreak. Three Hong Kong television reporters who visited SARS related sites in Guangzhou were declared free of the disease. January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

17 January: China announced a third case of SARS in Guangzhou. WHO official urged more testing to bring the three recently announced cases into line with their standards; however they also announced SARS virus had been detected by a WHO team in civet cages at the restaurant where the second case works and in civet cages in the market. January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

April 2004

23 April: China announces first SARS death since June. An 53-year-old woman died on 19 April. Two other cases, both health care workers, one of which was the deceased woman's daughter. A fourth case was suspected in another health care worker. April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ...

The current outbreak is thought to have originated from a researcher, working on the SARS virus in a lab at the Institute of Virology in Beijing, who inadvertently caught the disease and ended up spreading it to the nurse taking care of him.

May 2004

1 May: Two additional confirmed cases of SARS and three additional suspected cases are reported in Beijing, all related to a single research lab. The total number of cases is 6, with 4 in Beijing and 2 in Anhui Province. May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Anhui (Chinese: 安徽; pinyin: Ānhuī; Wade-Giles: An-hui; Postal System Pinyin: Ngan-hui, Anhwei or An-hwei) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

2 May: China announced the 3 suspected cases as genuine cases of SARS, bringing the total cases in recent outbreak to 9. 189 people were released from quarantine. May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ...

19 May: As no new infections are reported in a three-week period, WHO announces China is free of further cases of SARS. May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ...

Current status

"Not a single case of severe acute respiratory syndrome has been reported this year or in late 2004. It is the first winter without a case since the initial outbreak in late 2002. In addition, the epidemic strain of SARS that caused at least 774 deaths worldwide by June of 2003 has not been seen outside a laboratory since then." New York Times Status of SARS as of 15 May 2005. May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Reference

• CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - SARS section
• SARS: An Open Scar