This hotel is infamous as ground zero for a SARS 'super spreader' in the 2003 outbreak—here's what happened
February 16, 2020 at 10:01 AM EST
As coronavirus, or COVID-19 spreads in China, some are reminded of another outbreak. In 2003, roughly 4,000 of the world's total cases of respiratory infection SARS could be traced back to one infected doctor's stay at a Hong Kong hotel. The doctor died, along with multiple other guests who all stayed on his same floor of the hotel. Here's what happened.