How was the SARS outbreak contained?

The SARS outbreak was the first major international health emergency in which the W.H.O. was able to take full advantage of the Internet age. It was detected early because of recently established Web-based systems trawling for unusual health events. read more

Quarantine was effective, as were the public communications, at least in the Toronto area, which alerted the public to the need for ‘distancing’, especially if they had been present in one of the two hospitals involved with cases. read more

Over the next few months, the illness spread to more than two dozen countries in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia before the SARS global outbreak of 2003 was contained. This fact sheet gives basic information about the illness and what CDC did to control SARS in the United States. read more