What year is SARS?

SARS is a global epidemic that started in Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China on June 5438+065438+ 10, 2002, and spread to Southeast Asia and even the whole world. It was not until mid-2003 that the epidemic was gradually eliminated. Since the last suspected case was found in the United States on July 13, there have been no new cases and suspected cases, and the SARS process has basically ended.

The outbreak of COVID-19 has touched the hearts of people all over the world, and people can't help thinking of SARS, which is also a global epidemic of infectious diseases. Let's talk about the year of SARS first.

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SARS first appeared in People's Republic of China (PRC) and Heyuan City, Guangdong Province in 20021early October (the World Health Organization named Shunde, Guangdong as its source). Because the patient had pneumonia, he was classified as SARS at that time.

The disease spread rapidly from Guangdong to Hong Kong through tourism, business and immigration, and then to Vietnam, Singapore, Taiwan Province Province and Toronto. In May 2003, the epidemic situation in Beijing and Hong Kong was the most serious. In June 2003, sporadic cases appeared again in Guangzhou. Since the last suspected case was found in the United States on July 13, there have been no new cases and suspected cases, and the SARS process has basically ended.

In March 2004, a suspected case of severe acute respiratory syndrome was found again in Beijing. It is suspected that some researchers were infected while studying the virus in the laboratory, but none of them evolved into an epidemic again.

Until April 15, 2004, a 24-year-old woman from China died of severe pneumonia on the train from Blagoveshchensk to Moscow. The government of Kirov, Russia, is worried that she may die of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Fifty-three people from China who were traveling with her were also sent to the hospital for isolation observation, while her carriage was isolated and disinfected. Later, after autopsy, it was confirmed that the deceased was only pneumonia, which caused pulmonary edema and brain edema and led to death.

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