The SARS outbreak in 2003, known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), was characterized by fever accompanied by respiratory symptoms such as coughing, wheezing and dyspnea.
SARS in 2003 was an acute infectious disease caused by infection with the SARS-related coronavirus. Fever is often the first and main symptom, and the body temperature is mostly >38℃, which is persistent, mostly accompanied by chills, muscle aches, joint pains, headache, and fatigue. Respiratory symptoms such as cough, breathlessness, shortness of breath, shortness of breath, etc. gradually appear, and some patients may have diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and so on.
Mild patients with mild clinical symptoms, heavy patients with severe disease, rapid progress, very easy to appear respiratory failure.
Therefore, clinical isolation and treatment must be done to avoid widespread spread of the disease.