
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Sep 26, 2003 · Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a SARS-associated coronavirus. It was first identified at the end of February 2003 during an …
Case definitions for surveillance of severe acute respiratory …
Apr 30, 2003 · Reporting procedures - All probable SARS cases should be managed in the same way for the purposes of infection control and outbreak containment See Management of …
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - World Health …
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a SARS-associated coronavirus.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Mar 17, 2025 · Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants - World Health Organization (WHO)
Mar 27, 2024 · It remains critical that global systems to detect signals of potential variants of interest (VOIs) or variants of concern (VOCs) and rapidly assess the risk posed by SARS-CoV …
Alert, verification and public health management of SARS in the …
Aug 14, 2003 · The SARS Alert is an operational definition to ensure that appropriate infection control and public health measures are implemented until SARS has been ruled out as a …
Statement on the update of WHO’s working definitions and …
Mar 16, 2023 · WHO has updated its tracking system and working definitions for variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to better correspond to the current global …
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Aug 9, 2023 · Overview COVID-19 is the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. It usually spreads between people in close contact. COVID-19 vaccines provide strong …
Updated working definitions and primary actions for SARS-CoV-2 …
Oct 4, 2023 · The World Health Organization provides updated working definitions and primary actions for SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Mar 28, 2023 · COVID-19 is the disease caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. WHO first learned of this new virus on 31 December 2019, following a report of a cluster of cases of so …