Meaning of SARS | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a Nigerian police unit known for police brutality and corruption.
   Nigeria, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. Acronym of severe acute respiratory syndrome; also Sars.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
3. Acronym of severe acute respiratory syndrome, also SARS.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
4. Initialism of South African Revenue Service.
   South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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Examples

“SARS set off a panic about global spread and contagion.”

“Coronaviruses are worrying because epidemics caused by other members of the viral family, SARS and MERS, have had high death rates: 10 percent for SARS, and about 35 percent for MERS.”

“The WHO’s response to Sars was considered a huge success. Fewer than 1,000 people worldwide died of the disease, despite it reaching a total of 26 countries.”

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