: The coronavirus that caused the 2003 SARS epidemic mysteriously disappeared over time #IndiaNEWS Some people question why the current coronavirus has brought the world to standstill while a previous

The coronavirus that caused the 2003 SARS epidemic mysteriously disappeared over time #IndiaNEWS
Some people question why the current coronavirus has brought the world to standstill while a previous deadly coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS, did not. Others have questioned why a vaccine is so urgently needed now to stop the spread of the current coronavirus when a vaccine was never developed for SARS.I study viruses and am so fascinated by their complexity that I have written a book about them. The tale of SARS and its new cousin that causes Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, shows just how unpredictable viruses can be, particularly when they jump from animals to humans. Understanding emerging, infectious diseases needs to be a priority. SARS, which killed about one in 10 infected people, turned out to be highly lethal but ultimately, and somewhat mysteriously, disappeared.A virus takes holdSARS was first noted in Guangdong province in China in November of 2002, when doctors there saw an unusual pneumonia. But the disease was not reported to the World Health Organisation at that time. In February 2003, another outbreak occurred in Hanoi, Vietnam, and a World Health Organisation officer, who later died, examined a patient there and reported a large outbreak to the WHO main office on March 10, 2003.Meanwhile, a doctor from Guangdong province travelled to Hong Kong and stayed at the...Read more

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