| **SARS-CoV** (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus), or SARS-CoV-1, first appeared on the public radar in November 2002 in the [[china:Guangdong]] Province of [[China]],((Fang, L. Q., de Vlas, S. J., Feng, D., Liang, S., Xu, Y. F., Zhou, J. P., Richardus, J. H., & Cao, W. C. (2009). //Geographical spread of SARS in mainland China.// Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH, 14 Suppl 1(Suppl 1), 14–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02189.x)) and rapidly spread to [[Vietnam]] and [[Hong Kong]].((//CDC SARS Response Timeline.// (2019). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://archive.ph/Cj3os)) By July 2003, [[Canada]] had recorded its first cases in [[canada:ontario:Toronto]], [[canada:Ontario]] and [[canada:British_Columbia:Vancouver]], [[canada:British Columbia]].((Skowronski, D. M., Petric, M., Daly, P., Parker, R. A., Bryce, E., Doyle, P. W., Noble, M. A., Roscoe, D. L., Tomblin, J., Yang, T. C., Krajden, M., Patrick, D. M., Pourbohloul, B., Goh, S. H., Bowie, W. R., Booth, T. F., Tweed, S. A., Perry, T. L., McGeer, A., & Brunham, R. C. (2006). //Coordinated Response to SARS, Vancouver, Canada.// Emerging Infectious Diseases, 12(1), 155–158. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1201.050327)) Sadly, 43 Canadian citizens and residents were reported to have lost their lives as a result of the virus. |