In Hong Kong, where there had been 299 deaths from SARS, the tourism dropped 86.8% (Beveridge, 2004)
One industry that was particularly affected by SARS was the tourist industry. The Asian destinations suffered the most, particularly China, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore (Clark, 2003)
Touching contaminated surfaces, and then touching your own mouth, nose or eyes can also spread the virus. The symptoms are similar to the flu and most patients develop pneumonia (Fact Sheet, 2004)
Hong Kong began its journey back. The government of Hong Kong spent $25 million to build Hong Kong Disneyland (opening in 2005), Wetland Park (opening in 2005), and the Tung Chung Cable Car and to refurbish the existing tourist attractions (Fucanan, 2004)
The Hong Kong government spent about $131 million dollars to attempt to attract visitors back to Hong Kong once SARS was no longer a threat (Hennock, 2003). An article by Alan Fung in the Asian Times (Fung, 2003), explains the reasons for the willingness of the government to endorse such large expenditures
Once travel was limited, the tourism business really took a hit. The Hong Kong government spent about $131 million dollars to attempt to attract visitors back to Hong Kong once SARS was no longer a threat (Hennock, 2003)
The streets are clean and the public is better informed about hygiene and what they can do to prevent the spread of illnesses. There are alcohol washes on desks and according to Chris Hogg, BBC Correspondent, there are thin strips of plastic over the buttons of the lifts and these are changed every few hours (Hogg, 2004)
According to Ms. Fucanan, the Hong Kong Tourism Board had a three-prong attack on how to revive Hong Kong tourism (2004)
This includes the Internet, wireless devices, and mobile/smart phones. In the event of another outbreak, a bioterrorism attack, or even a serious public health emergency, these devices help gather, detect, and communicate information to a global audience that has a greater chance of working collaboratively to find a cure, vaccine, or at least understand how to quarantine certain populations and help prevent the disease's spread (Eysenbach, 2003)
These two groups monitor Internet traffic for keywords about potential plagues and disease vectors and had just recently upgraded to use Arabic, Chinese, English, Russian, French and Spanish translations. Thus, the Internet provided the first true reports of unusual outbreaks, even though the first English Report was not official generated until January 21, 2003 (Heyman, 2004)
Those 100 passengers could conceivable be traveling to 100 different destinations; when one adds the time in the air for new cases, the crowded nature of airports, and the lack of hygiene while travelling, one can see that the Internet is an invaluable tool in facilitating rapid, global communication of information and containment procedures, regardless of the political or social stigmata of individual countries. Truly, this is globalism at its finest; putting the global community ahead of the local authorities to find a way to adapt to bacteria and viruses that are more aggressive than ever (Hsieh, 2003)
The World Health Organization, (WHO) said it was one of the 21st century's worst disasters because it spread to 37 countries within weeks. The most vulnerable populations were those over 65, and it was that age group that had the most deaths (Smith, 2006)
No evidence has been found that anti-virals, stories, or other standard viral treatments were effective. Currently, there is no cure or protective vaccine for SARS (Stockman, et al
An extremely virulent manifestation of the human coronavirus SARS-CoV, SARS is known to cause severe fever in exposed patients which is typically accompanied by aches, chills, myalgia and other bodily symptoms. This extreme fever is soon worsened when "a lower respiratory phase begins with the onset of a dry, nonproductive cough or dyspnea, which might be accompanied by or progress to hypoxemia" (Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, 2011)
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health advises nurses and other health care workers to report suspected cases of SARS immediately by telephone, before completing the SARS Screening Form and other associated documentation. The first step in managing a potential SARS crisis would be the efficient identification and quarantine-based isolation of infected patients, because "the rapid spread of SARS, its unique capacity to infect health care workers, and its many unknown features in the early days of the outbreak" (Murphy, 2006) combine to make the disease especially prone to outbreak
Ultimately, the WHO concluded that "a cumulative total of 8422 probable cases, with 916 deaths, were reported from 29 countries during the outbreak" while observing that "the last chain of human transmission was broken on 5 July" (2003). It has also been reported that "of this total, 5327 cases and 349 deaths are reported from mainland China" while "a global case-fatality ratio of 11% was recorded at the end of the outbreak" (World Health Organization, 2003)
This seems to be because Canadian healthcare workers were some of the first to respond to the outbreak outside of Asia itself. Thus, when the outbreak occurred in Canada it was isolated to hospitals (Colizza, Barrat, Barthelemy, & Vespignani, 2007)
The illness was to spread to over a dozen countries in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia before it was contained. (Basic Information About SARS) While the epidemic has been contained yet it raises a number of important issues that will be discussed in the paper
It is conceivable that an exact answer may never be determined." (China's Latest SARS Outbreak Contained, But Biosafety Concerns Remain) This is a vital aspect in that control, prevention or management of future possible outbreaks is determined by the extent of knowledge that we have about the virus
"The findings also indicate that poorly designed or maintained plumbing could contribute to the spread of other diseases that are transmitted by highly infectious fecal droplets. " (Poor Plumbing a Likely Cause of SARS Spread) The possibility has also been put forward in studies that the SARS outbreak in Hong king may have been facilitated by poor sewage and drainage systems