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Timeline: February 2003

Feb 10 Outbreak in Guangdong, China.
An outbreak of a pneumonia-like illness has sickened 305 people and killed five in the southern province of Guangdong since November 2002.
Feb 15 China reports 305 cases of a pneumonia-like illness that is later classified as SARS.
Feb 26 The first case of a severe form of pneumonia in Hong Kong is reported.
Feb 28 American businessman presents atypical pneumonia symptoms at a Hanoi hospital in Vietnam.
 

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