Full form of SARS is Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome is a viral respiratory disease that caused the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak. The spread of virus is linked to China's wet markets that lack any kind of bio-security, and simply contain a variety of animals stacked in cages one-over-another. The growing demand in china for meat of exotic and wild animals has caused a number of severe outbreaks. SARS can spread from one person to another and causes symptoms like fever, persistent dry cough, headache, muscle pain, and difficulty in breathing. Chinese scientists in 2017 traced the virus to cave-dwelling horseshoe bats in Yunnan. At the end of the epidemic in June 2003, the outbreak had caused 8,422 cases with a 9.5% death rate (all countries). There have been no new cases of SARS-CoV worldwide since 2004. In 2019, the related virus strain coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was discovered in China. This new strain causes COVID-19, a disease which caused the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods of prevention from the disease include: Hand washing, cough etiquette, avoiding close contact with infected persons, and avoiding travel to affected areas.