SARS has also shaken the world economy, causing estimated losses of US $ 30-150 billion. Its impact could be worse than that of the Asian recession of 1997.
SARS 造成的世界經濟損失尤其驚人，估計約在三百億至一千五百億美元左右，影響之大，可能更甚於一九九七年的亞洲金融風暴。