SARS Stuff

First Suspected Case - farmer in Foshan County, Guangdong

Nov 1, 2002

SARS Stuff

Period: Nov 1, 2002 to May 19, 2004

Liu Jianlun, doctor, contracts disease

Feb 15, 2003

Liu Jianlun stays at the Metropole Hotel for a wedding

Feb 21, 2003

Johnny Chen, businessman, contracts disease.

Feb 22, 2003

Johnny Chen admitted to vietnamese hospital.

Feb 26, 2003

Liu Jianlun dies.

Mar 4, 2003

Johnny Chen's doctor, Carlo Urbani, falls ill

Mar 11, 2003

International team of laboratories work together to figure out what the virus is.

Mar 17, 2003

Amoy Gardens becomes infected.

Mar 25, 2003

Carlo Urbani Dies.

Mar 29, 2003

Amoy Gardens quarantined.

Mar 30, 2003

SARS genetic code broken.

Apr 12, 2003

Virus named as SARS.

Apr 16, 2003

Vietnam SARS outbreak declared over.

Apr 28, 2003

Tourism warning lifted from HK.

May 23, 2003

HK removed from WHO's "Infected Areas".

Jun 23, 2003

SARS declared "contained".

Jul 5, 2003

Researcher in Taiwan contracts SARS.

Dec 10, 2003

Guangzhou restaurant woker contracts SARS.

Jan 10, 2004

Another chinese SARS case.

Jan 17, 2004

Fourth Chinese SARS case

Jan 31, 2004

Chinese person dies from SARS.

Apr 23, 2004

China declared free of SARS.

May 19, 2004