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SARS was first identified in November 2002 in the Chinese province of Guangdong.
It began as an atypical pneumonia
Over the next nine months, SARS cases were reported throughout the world.
Major outbreaks followed in mainland China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, Canada and Taiwan.
July 2003 brought an end to the SARS outbreak.
As reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) 8,098 people were infected with SARS worldwide, of which 774 died.[1] | | | | | | |
