Science history: ‘Patient zero’ catches SARS, the older cousin of COVID — Nov. 16, 2002

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Milestone: First person infected with SARS

Date: Nov. 16, 2002

Where: Foshan, China

Who: A food handler

In January 2003, epidemiologists in China identified two cases of “atypical pneumonia” in patients who had visited health care workers…

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