By May 12 , 2003 , parts of China were affected by SARS .
A suspected case of SARS is a patient who has any of the symptoms including a fever of 38 degrees Centigrade or more AND who has either a history of contact with someone with a diagnosis of SARS within the last 10 days OR travel to any of the regions identified by the WHO as areas with recent local transmission of SARS ( affected regions as of 10th May , 2003 are parts of China , Hong Kong , Singapore and the province of Ontario , Canada ) .A probable case of SARS has the above findings plus positive chest x-ray findings of atypical pneumonia or respiratory distress syndrome .
Severe acute respiratory syndrome