SARS Epidemic Timeline

Believed initial case of farmer in Foshan County

Nov 16, 2002

Rumors of deadly virus stirring

Feb 11, 2003

Report in the WER reports 305 cases and 5 deaths from an unknown acute respiratory syndrome

Feb 14, 2003

Guangdong doctor Liu Jianlun checks into HK Metropole Hotel after treating patients, and infects at least 9 patients

Feb 21, 2003

Chinese-American buisnessman Johnny Chen who checked in to Metropole 9th floor travels to Vietnam

Feb 23, 2003

Johnny Chen falls sick after arrival at Vietnam

Feb 26, 2003

Carlo Urbani is alarmed of the atypical cases of influenza in Vietnam and warns the WHO

Feb 28, 2003

27 year old HK man admitted to Prince of Wales Hospital after staying in Metropole Hotel 9th floor

Mar 4, 2003

WHO calls upon many leading laboratories in 9 countries to collaborate to research SARS and develop a diagnostic test

Mar 17, 2003

Carlo Urbani dies of SARS

Mar 23, 2003

Steep rise of SARS cases reported in Amoy Gardens, HK, with residents being evacuated to rural isolation camps

Mar 30, 2003

Chinese government discloses that they have 10 times the amount of cases reported, with another 402 reported

Apr 20, 2003

Outbreaks in Hanoi, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Toronto show signs of peaking.

Apr 25, 2003

Taiwan has rapidly evolving outbreak, cumalative total of 100 probable cases

May 2, 2003

HK and Shenzhen has detected several cornona viruses tracing back to animal species such as civic cats treated as delicacies.

May 23, 2003

SARS Ends

Jul 25, 2003