Sars Outbreak facts
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Dr. Carlo Urbani recognized the emergence of a outbreak of pneumonia as a new epidemic and immediately notified the WHO, personally flying to Hanoi to investigate. He would die this day in 2003 of SARS, having triggered the most effective response to an epidemic in history.
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The first reports of the SARS epidemic were found in an online teacher's chat room, when a Chinese teacher asked "Have you heard of the terrible sickness in my city?". The outbreak was reported by the CDC less than a week later.
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When the SARS outbreak occurred people began to wear masks to help reduce the risk of infection due to coughing or sneezing.
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Reducing travel to areas during a SARS outbreak may help to minimize the spread of the virus.
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SARS is a severe form of a coronavirus that can result in a death rate as high at 10% in those infected. The SARS outbreak in 2003 resulted in more than 8,000 infections and approximately 800 deaths worldwide.
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Masked palm civet became widely known to the general audience after the outbreak of SARS. Virus responsible for this respiratory disorder was transmitted to humans via inadequately prepared meat of mask palm civet.
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In the 2003 SARS outbreak that affected more than 8,000 people, 9% of those infected died. Those who died were more commonly older, over the age of 50.
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There are systems now established in the event that another outbreak should occur that should help to minimize transmission of SARS.
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25,000 people in Toronto were placed in quarantine during the SARS outbreak in 2003
