SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

The border crossing between Ruili in China and Muse in Myanmar. Photo: Mizzima
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27 January 2020
Health authorities in border towns strengthen surveillance at gates with China
People wearing facemasks queued up to be tested at a hospital in Wuhan. Photo: Hector Retamal/AFP
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25 January 2020
China shuts down 13 cities as virus toll climbs
Chinese authorities rapidly expanded a mammoth quarantine effort aimed at containing a...
Passengers wearing face masks board their flight at Yangon International Airport on January 21, 2020. Photo: Mladen Antonov/AFP
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25 January 2020
Travellers arriving in Myanmar from China must...
Ministry of Health and Sports, Central Epidemiology Unit, Deputy Director Dr. Khin Khin...
Screening of passengers arriving in India from China, including Hong Kong, at Kolkata International Airport in Kolkata, India, 22 January 2020 (issued 23 Janaury 2020). Screening centers have set up in Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Cochin apart from three airports at Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata to screen for the coronavirus. Photo: Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA)/EPA
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24 January 2020
India’s AAI makes necessary arrangements for...
The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has made all necessary arrangements at the Chennai...
A handout photo made available by Changi Airport shows a staff member screening the body temperatures of arriving passengers at the Changi Airport in Singapore, 22 January 2020. Photo EPA/ Changi Airport
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24 January 2020
Singapore confirms first case of Wuhan virus
Singapore Thursday confirmed its first case of the new SARS-like virus which has killed...
In Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, authorities cancelled large public events, and called on visitors to stay away (Photo: AFP)
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23 January 2020
China quarantines city at centre of virus outbreak
China placed the city at the centre of a virus outbreak under effective quarantine on...
Medical staff transfer patients to Jinyintan hospital where patients infected with a new strain of Coronavirus identified as the cause of the Wuhan pneumonia outbreak are treated in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, 20 January 2020. Photo: EPA
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21 January 2020
China virus contagious between people: government...
A top Chinese expert on infectious diseases has confirmed human-to-human transmission of...
(FILES) This file photo taken on January 18, 2020 shows medical staff members carrying a patient into the Jinyintan hospital, where patients infected by a mysterious SARS-like virus are being treated, in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. Photo: AFP
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20 January 2020
SARS-like virus spreads in China, nearly 140 new...
A mysterious SARS-like virus has spread around China -- including to Beijing --...
The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in the city of Wuhan is thought to be ground zero for the mystery virus that has now claimed two lives (AFP/File / NOEL CELIS)
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17 January 2020
Second person dies from mystery virus in China:...
A second person has died in China from a mystery virus that has stricken dozens and...