chinese coronavirus chinese coronavirus chinese coronavirus may refer to: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (sars-cov), first reported in foshan, guangdong, china; in november 2002 2002–2004 sars outbreak severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2), first reported in wuhan, hubei, china; in december 2019 covid-19 pandemic in china covid-19 pandemic in mainland china sometimes associated with xenophobia related to the covid-19 pandemic