Despite drastic measures being taken to stop the spread of Wuhan coronavirus, some virology experts believe containing the current outbreak might prove to be more difficult than it was to stem SARS
" painful hearing the news again.
infected more than 8,000 people, and killed 774. Asia was hardest hit, with Hong Kong recording almost 300 deaths. Lam was treated in an isolation ward for three weeks, and considered one of the lucky ones because he was discharged with no further complications."I was put in a big room with many other patients," he recalled."I heard some coughing at night, crying, and that's really sad.
and the world is going to get basically a very bad cold for about five months." People wearing face masks as a preventative measure following a coronavirus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan, line up to purchase face masks in Hong Kong on February 5, 2020.
. On Tuesday, China's National Health Commission said the death rate was 2.1% nationwide, while
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