Epidemic area |
Foshan, Guangdong Province |
Wuhan, Hubei |
Outbreak time (number of cases) |
November 16, 2002 (first case) |
December 31, 2019 (27 cases) |
Spread time across provinces/regions across the country (up to time and number of regions) |
3 months (as of February 17, 2003, more than 20 provinces or territories) |
1 month (as of January 31, 2020, 34 provinces or territories) |
Spread time across the world’s countries (up to date and number of countries) |
9 months (as of August 7, 2003, SARS cases reported in 30 countries) |
Not yet determined (as of 11 March, 2020, 106 countries report COVID-19 cases) |