Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was placed on U.S. quarantine list

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On Mar. 18, 2003, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was placed on U.S. quarantine list. Persons under quarantine were required to stay where they were quarantined; take their temperature two to three times a day; seek medical attention promptly if they had fever (>100.4ᄎ F [>38ᄎ C]), cough, shortness of breath, or other respiratory symptoms.

They were not allowed to use public transportation, visit hospitalized patients, or visit crowded public places.

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Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Credit: Photo: Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles isolated from a patient. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.