Business Trip Encounter with SARS

The worst encounter Because of the meeting in New York, my regular flight to Hong Kong was postponed. I changed the schedule on Tuesday, February 21, 2003 in the following week. I came to Hong Kong, met my contacts on my work and went to the Metropole Hotel to attend the meeting. Unlike the previous trip, it looks strange here. People are masking everywhere. I asked what happened to the business contacts. He said there was a kind of influenza epidemic. I have never seen people with so many masks so far.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by coronavirus called SARS-related coronavirus (SARS-CoV). SARS was first reported in Asia in February 2003. Prior to the occurrence of SARS globally in 2003, the disease had spread to more than 20 countries in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.

SARS is a new disease. SARS stands for severe acute respiratory syndrome. SARS is a recently reported respiratory disease in Asia, North America, Europe. Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found coronaviruses that had not been previously recognized in SARS patients. The new coronavirus is the main hypothesis that causes SARS. The main way SARS seems to spread is close contact. Most SARS cases include those who are taking care of SARS patients, or who are in direct contact with SARS patients and infected persons. A possible method of SARS infection involves touching the skin or other contaminated objects of other people, and then consolidating the eyes, nose and mouth. This happens when a person at SARS coughs or sneezes oneself, another person, or the nearby surface.