The direct comparison comes as market participants try to understand the potential economic impact of the latest outbreak.
The WHO declined at two emergency meetings last week to declare the coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency, but theCoronaviruses are a large family of viruses that usually infect animals but can sometimes evolve and spread to humans.
During the period of infection for SARS , there were nearly 8,098 reported cases and 774 deaths, according to WHO. It means the virus killed roughly one in 10 people who were infected.that the outbreak of the coronavirus, which was first identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan, appeared to be more contagious than SARS — but less severe.contributed to a slump in global markets in early 2003
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