Coronavirus

What Is the Coronavirus (COVID-19)? A coronavirus is a kind of virus that often happens in animals. Sometimes, it can spread to humans. This is rare. In December 2019, a new coronavirus started spreading. Specialists think people first caught the virus at a fish and live animal marketplace. Now it is spreading from person to person. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), common coronavirus symptoms can include:     Fever     Cough (usually dry)     Shortness of breath     Feeling tired Other less common symptoms can include:     Stuffy or runny nose     Aches and pains     Sore throat     Headaches     Diarrhea or nausea The CDC believes symptoms may appear two to 14 days after coming in contact with the virus. WHO has declared it a global pandemic (an outbreak of a new virus that spreads easily). How Can I Tell the Variance Between the Coronavirus, the Flu, Cold or Seasonal Allergies? There are some symptoms that are similar between these respiratory illnesses. This chart can help you figure out if you may be feeling symptoms of allergies or a respiratory illness like COVID-19. If you have a fever and a cough, call your doctor. If you have seasonal allergies, there are things you can do to treat at home. These conditions may intensify asthma, so it’s imperative to continue taking your asthma control meds. Data is as yet evolving. We will refresh this diagram as new proof comes out. How Does the Coronavirus Spread? The virus is spread through coughing (or sneezing). The infection will be in droplets that are coughed out into the air. These are overwhelming droplets and they rapidly tumble to the ground/surface underneath.People who are within 1 to 2 meters (3 to 6 feet) of somebody who is sick with the coronavirus might be inside the zone that droplets can reach. If someone who is sick coughs on or nearby your face, you may get infected. This is the reason the CDC suggests that everybody should cough/sneeze into their elbows or tissue and discard it and wash their hands. people who are wiped out ought to likewise wear a cover to help stop the spread of ailment. The coronavirus may likewise live on surfaces that people have coughed on. If you touch a surface with the virus on it and then touch your mouth, nose or eyes, you might get sick.   Who Is at Risk From the Coronavirus? At this period, there is little data about how the novel coronavirus distresses people with asthma. One investigation of 140 cases demonstrated no connection to asthma.1 However, we realize that asthma has worsened with different anxieties of coronavirus. As indicated by the WHO and the CDC, the most elevated hazard bunches include:   People who have traveled in from a country with a Level 3 Travel Notice People caring for someone who is ill with the coronavirus People over age 65 People who are pregnant People with chronic medical conditions such as: High blood pressure Heart disease Diabetes Renal failure Liver disease Immunocompromised people, such as those on cancer treatments People with a body mass index over 40 Asthma (and other lung diseases) people with asthma should play it safe when any kind of respiratory ailment is spreading in their locale. The CDC has released instructions for people at high risk (including people with asthma): Stock up on supplies (a 14 to 30 day supply) Take steps to keep a distance from others (social distancing, about 6 feet) Avoid people who are sick, limit close contact and wash your hands often Avoid crowds as much as possible Avoid non-essential travel Clean and disinfect your home and car regularly, especially items you touch often like doorknobs, light switches, cell phones, car door handles and steering wheels, etc. If there is an outbreak in your local community, the CDC also recommends you stay home as much as possible. Try to find ways to have food and supplies delivered to your home. In the U.S., flu activity is still high. If you get sick, it could be the flu unless you live in a coronavirus outbreak area. If you have symptoms of a cough or fever, call your doctor. There are antiviral treatments available for the flu. How Can I Avoid Getting the Coronavirus and Other Respiratory Infections? The steps you take to avoid the flu and other respiratory infections will also help protect you from the coronavirus:   Wash your hands often with soap and warm water for 20 to 30 seconds, always after coughing or sneezing. If you don’t have access to running water, use an alcohol-based hand cleanser that is at least 60% alcohol.     Don’t touch your eyes, nose or mouth.     Stay away from people who are sick or have been in contact with someone who is sick.     Don’t share makeup, food, dishes or eating utensils.     Take your daily asthma medicines to keep your asthma under control. Spring pollen is increasing across the U.S. too. Seasonal allergies can affect people with allergic asthma. If pollen allergies trigger asthma symptoms for you, be sure to follow your allergy treatment plan to keep your allergies under control to prevent asthma episodes or attacks. The most important way you can protect yourself right now is to keep your asthma under control. If your asthma is not under control, call your doctor right away. If you do get sick, call your doctor and follow your Asthma Action Plan. There is no vaccine for the new coronavirus. Get the flu shot if you haven’t already – it’s not too late to protect yourself from the flu. The flu season can last as late as May. Wearing a mask to protect yourself from getting sick is not recommended by the WHO nor the CDC. Only people who are sick or people who are caregivers of people who are sick should wear masks. If you plan to travel, check

Coronavirus   The worldwide loss of life has passed 30,000, with affirmed cases at 660,706. The quantity of affirmed instances of coronavirus around the globe has arrived at 660,706., with 30,000 passings, as indicated by Johns Hopkins University. Up until now, 137,270 individuals are affirmed to have recuperated. Be that as it may, the genuine number of contaminations is probably going to be a lot higher, the same number of those with indications not have been tried for the infection. More fatal than Influenza, COVID-19 is a coronavirus – some portion of a huge group of infections that incorporate the basic virus just as progressively serious ailments, for example, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and extreme intense respiratory disorder (SARS). Coronaviruses seem as though a ball encompassed by a crown. Northern Ireland has reported a rush of new prohibitive estimates which came into force an hour back, remembering a boycott for social occasions and venturing out from home without a sensible reason. Panama’s legislature has said it will permit the Zaandam voyage boat to go through the Panama Canal, after travelers stalled out ready when specialists would not give get to. The journey transport has 130 people with flu-like symptoms, and four have passed on. At any rate, two of those with indications are affirmed to have coronavirus. Italy’s death toll is now the highest in the world at 10,023. Fatalities passed the grim milestone on Saturday, with an expansion of 889 since the keep going figures were discharged on Friday, as indicated by Italy’s Civil Protection Agency. With 92,472 confirmed cases, Italy seems to have the most death rate on the planet. Compare it to China, the focal point of the pandemic, which has a generally comparative number of confirmed cases at 81,997, but under a third as many deaths, at 3,299,, according to Johns Hopkins University and Medicine. In reality, Italy currently has the second-most noteworthy number of confirmed cases on the planet after the United States, which remains at 105,470. But the US has a fraction of the deaths, at just over 1,700. As Italy enters its sixth week of restrictions, many are asking: why does its death rate seem so much higher than in other countries? Specialists state it’s down to a mix of variables, similar to the nation’s huge elderly population which is progressively vulnerable to the infection, and the strategy for testing that is not giving the full picture about infections. Spain has declared further limitations on development to stem the progression of the infection, with all non-essential workers being told to stay home. The coronavirus loss of life in France has passed the troubling achievement of 2,000 passings, with in excess of 38,000 cases. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliff, the British-Iranian guide specialist who has been confined in Iran on spying charges has had her jail leave expanded and her case set forward for pardon, her better half said. Cases in the US have passed 121,478. Trump warns of US quarantine! The US president, Donald Trump, has warned that it might be important to uphold a transient isolate of around about fourteen days in states including New York. Be that as it may, the state’s representative, Andrew Cuomo, said that he not been recounted any designs to present an isolate, including: “I haven’t had those discussions, I don’t have a clue what that implies.” He likewise reported that he was delaying the state’s 28 April presidential essential to 23 June. A letter from UK PM Boris Johnson will be sent to every household in Britain, warning them that the worst of the virus is yet to come. More than half a million people in Britain signed up to help the National Health To support adapt to the coronavirus pestilence in only 24 hours, following a government call for volunteers Wednesday, as fears develop that the nation’s flare-up is following a comparative direction as that of Italy and Spain, where thousands of people have died. Over the world, people are stepping forward to help the most vulnerable, offering trust that social orders can conquer the immense disturbance brought about by the infection.  

Novel CoronaVirus- As per the latest updates over 113,000 people worldwide have already been infected by Coronavirus, resulting in more than 4000 deaths. Mainland China is still the most affected region in the world where the outbreak first emerged, but the rate of infection is significantly dropping in the country. Meanwhile, it continues to spread across the hundred countries. Some other countries like South Korea also reported a slowdown in the virus speed. South Korea reported the least number of daily confirmed cases on Tuesday after carrying out a nationwide screening program test of more than 190000 people. ( infected no keep increasing)   Meanwhile, in other countries, Coronavirus continuous to threaten global health, resulting in total lockdown in Italy and various states of Iran and Mongolia as well. More than 9000 confirmed cases, Italy becomes the second most affected region after China, which has reported over 80000 confirmed cases so far. The entire country some 60 million people in lockdown by the Italian government to contain the virus to tackle the coronavirus outbreak that has killed 463 people and affected more than 9,000. Italy has now 9172 infected and 463 with 733 severe cases. Also, the travel ban in imposed on all sorts of arrivals from Italy as per the latest instructions by Austria’s chancellor.   Spain also reported 1622 cases and 30 deaths so far, which makes it the second most affected country in Europe just after Italy. Greece also lockdown at schools and universities nationwide for two weeks after 89 confirmed cases. Smoking of shisha in all cafes and restaurants in Qatar is also banned as a preventive measure against Coronavirus. Other countries like Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic close also close down its schools and put a temporary ban on all the events and gatherings of more than a hundred peoples. Coronavirus kills 54 individuals in Iran in a day, raising loss of life to more than 290, as Morocco affirms first death. Similarly, in the UK, another person has died from Coronavirus taking the tally up to 6 as the confirmed cases grow to 373, up from 319 the day before. All flights of British Airways are already canceled to and from Italy after the country was put on lockdown until next month. In Australia, there are now 197 confirmed cases of coronavirus, including three deaths. From Monday, gatherings of more than 500 people are going to be banned. The chief medic Professor Brendan Murphy has just said this has put Australia during a good position. Along with these, the United States also reported a massive increase in the number of cases where the virus is spread across 20 new States. The total number of cases in the United States is now more than 570, resulting in total deaths of 26. But according to the experts, the actual number of cases can be much more than reported because of lack of testing. Among the 35 patients tested in Washington nursing, 31 of them were found infected with the virus.     New York’s senator reported a one-mile “containment zone” would be made in New Rochelle, constraining “major gathering spaces” to check the spread of the infection. New Jersey authorities announced the first death in the state from the Coronavirus. National emergency declared President Trump declared a national emergency in response to the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19. Trump’s new chief of staff Mark is also under self-quarantine for 14 days after coming in contact with an individual at CPAC who was tested positive for Coronavirus. According to the US Vice president, he is not being tested for Coronavirus, and he said he is not sure about Trump.   Also, the employees like Amazon and Boeing ask their employees to work from home in affected areas. Along with Amazon Microsoft and other companies offering more than $2.5M as a response fund. This will help recovering workers who cannot take sick leave people without health insurance and healthcare workers.   Not only the health crisis world is facing the worst economic crisis since the great recession of 2008. The virus is likely to cost the economy one trillion dollars during this year. Oil prices are dropped about 25% (there worst since 1991) in New York, and London down stock markets in Europe and Asia. in your trading was briefly suspending after stocks for 1800 points within few minutes. Meanwhile, China seems to have passed the peak of the crisis, and it is returning to stability. Japan announced the second package of measures worth about $4bn in spending to subsist with the fallout, focusing on providing support to small and mid-sized firms, amid mounting concerns about the fragile economy.

60 Minutes Australia -A correspondent goes undercover at wet markets where the Coronavirus started   Coronavirus estimates about the disaster that is getting more threatening every day. It can be more lethal than terrorism. According to Professor Gabriel Leung, who led the fight against the SARS virus, it can affect more than 60% of the world population, and 45 million of us might be killed by it.   Time is not far away when the Australian streets will be under strict observation and screening as well. As none of the countries so far is entirely successful in containment. Alone in the HK, 7 million people are affected by the Corona Virus in some way. Hongkong’s busiest markets are shut down. Shopping malls, Amusement parks are deserted. People are requested to stay at home, avoiding unnecessary outdoor visits. Restaurants are taking mandatory temperature checks for all the customers since the outbreak emerged across the border in China. But the people are acting discipline and under control, as they have already lived through a deadly disease of SARS. This might only be the start, but people only come out in masks already, almost all public places are empty for fear of infection in other parts of the world as well. Business and economic markets are in a panic. This may seem extreme, but this is a new norm, and this calls for strict infection control. This might sound frightening, but a little bit of anxiety will give you extra motivation to take precautions.   According to Gabriel Leung, Coronavirus is hard to control as it is far more infective than SARS. It spreads more quickly than it. That’s growth rate becomes exponential if left unchecked like in China and South Korea. He also suspected the actual number of cases could be far more than the reported. As actual figures could affect the Chinese economy severely with the controlled press, the Chinese Government is accused of massive coverup, which includes the detaining of the whistleblower doctor who was later died in China. 60 Minutes Australia As China is already putting pressure on the World Health Organisation for not declaring the Coronavirus outbreak pandemic, avoid panic among the people. Coronavirus has already struck more than a hundred countries. And the professor’s predictions are frightening. With the current mortality rate, considering his estimation, around 45 million of us can lose our lives only in the first wave of the virus. We have to prepare for the possibility of the second wave. Many experts believe that Coronavirus originated in the colony of bats during the probably during the handling process in Wuhan, China, or through the most trafficked wild animals in the world, Pangolin, who is high on the menu these days.   The virus crossed the species barrier infecting humans via these wet markets present all over Asia, mostly in China. Thailand Indonesia, Lao, Cambodia, Burma also reported having active wild animal trading markets. China already closed over 20,000 wet markets, but wildlife markets are still operating across Asia. And their Government ensured the closure of these markets, but an undercover operation in Bangkok revealed that the business is still active. They might have discovered a similar place where the first Coronavirus was transferred to humans from the animal. It was exposed that the Thailand authorities are not taking the threat of Coronavirus seriously.   All kinds of smuggled wild animals are reported being traded at this market, spreading diseases like AIDS, SARS, and now a pandemic disease of Coronavirus. All the wild animals were extracted from their natural habitats brought here, traveling thousands of kilometers and probably already visited by hundreds of customers in one day. The next global pandemic can quickly emerge in one of these cages as dozens of species are kept together in small cages, animals that are not found together in their natural habitats. These animals are not immune to viruses found in each other, so these viruses can also be passed to humans who handle them. To avoid the next global pandemic, we might have to shut down all the wildlife animal markets across the world. Our response to the source of this deadly virus must be equally global as our response to coronavirus disaster is global. Otherwise, it can expand or reemerge as a new and more deadly mother nature revenge.   In case you’re infected, your friends, family, colleagues might have already infected before you even show up symptoms of Coronavirus. But your life mainly depends upon your age, and how the authorities handle your situation. According to Professor Gabriel, people over 65 are 20 times more likely to die from Coronavirus as compared to people under 65, so the outbreak of the virus in any nursing Home could be ominous. 60 Minutes Australia- As it is already observed in other countries that the speed of Coronavirus is exponential, cases are already being discovered in Australia. Now is the right time to put about everything we have to fight the virus. By utilizing all our resources quickly and efficiently, we might be able to buy sufficient time to develop a cure for it if you are extremely lucky.   According to Director of intensive care at Royal Melbourne Hospital, Chris MacIsaac, the staff is at the highest alert recorded in modern history. Similar to other hospitals, his hospital’s is equipped with a pandemic mode, which was never used before. And he is pretty confident about his and is staff preparation to fight the Coronavirus, they are already preparing an emergency pandemic response to cope with the attack of the virus, and it’s ready to go.    Australia’s number of confirmed deaths is only three among the 80 confirmed infected cases, but Professor Leung suspects there maybe doesn’t or hundreds of cases yet to be revealed. As for every death, 80 to 100 confirmed cases are expected to be detected, three deaths among 80 conclude that either test is not being conducted effectively or extensively enough.  

NOVEL CORONAVIRUS update-According to the Global Readiness Monitoring Board (GPMB), an independent group jointly organized by the World Health Organization and the World Bank Group, at least $ 8 billion is needed to address the most pressing threats posed by the new coronavirus. The money was needed in addition to the $ 10 billion that had been promised by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, and each government. On March 9, a report was released by the GPMB calling a certain number of groups, precisely a group of 7 and 20 from the developed countries. They also called on financial institutions to provide money for 5 severely affected areas. This is mainly to strengthen the health systems that have gone weak and to support the effort of the World Health Organization so that they may be able to assist the vulnerable countries. More reasons were to develop diagnostics, vaccines, to strengthen regional supervision and protect the health professionals by providing them the right protective equipment. Before the extra funding requested by GMPD, the US Congress had already issued an emergency law that recently raised $ 8.3 billion to respond to the country’s coronavirus. The DPR passed the law almost unanimously on Wednesday afternoon. The Senate followed suit on Thursday. This bill will provide the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration for more than $ 3 billion for diagnostic, therapeutic, and vaccine research. Each state will receive at least $ 4 million for state and local government responses. Invoices also include provisions to ensure that potential vaccines are available. Another way would be to contribute to the global response to the Novel coronavirus and support small businesses struggling with the epidemic. On the other hand, the US National Science Foundation in Alexandria, Virginia, has launched a funding mechanism to respond quickly to non-medical research related to coronavirus. Such calls are often used to provide funding for work to investigate the effects of natural disasters such as hurricanes and forest fires and to speed up the review of research proposals. This funding movement was a direct result of the death toll that has rapidly increased as a result of the Corona infection. The coronavirus has killed 54 more in Iran in the past 24 hours, the highest cost in a day since the country’s outbreak. A source even claimed that coronavirus disease has been diagnosed in more than 100,000 people worldwide – with at least 3,015 deaths in China and 267 deaths in other parts of the world, mostly in Italy and Iran. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 4,000 people worldwide have died from the coronavirus and more than 113,000 cases have been confirmed. The Moroccan Ministry of Health has confirmed the country’s first death from coronavirus in Casablanca because the total number of new infections has increased to three. The patient who died came to Morocco from Bologna, Italy, she was an 89-year-old Moroccan woman who, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health, suffered from respiratory and heart disease. Morocco has canceled all trips to and from Italy and has banned fans from participating in soccer matches. As a precaution to prevent outbreaks of the virus, events involving foreign travelers and meetings of more than 1,000 people were canceled. Also, Brunei has confirmed that five more people were tested positive for the coronavirus after the small Southeast Asian nation reported its first case a day ago. The first Novel Coronavirus patient that was recorded in the Sultan was Bruneian. A 53-year old who came back from Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysia capital where he, unfortunately, contaminated the virus.   According to the Brunei Ministry of Health, the symptoms didn’t show up until four days after. He attended a mass meeting of Islamic missionaries in Kuala Lumpur along with 90 other Bruneians. Reports from China have made it clear that children are as susceptible to the contamination as the adults, this is coming from one of most detailed studies published concerning the spread of the virus, it is known as SARS-CoV-2. The analysis gives information from Shenzhen in China and provides a partial answer to one of the most pressing problems related to the epidemic: the role of children. Previous studies have shown that children with coronavirus infections experience extreme side effects far less frequently than other age groups. However, it is unclear whether this is because they are not infected with infection or fight infection more effectively. We can only hope that a vaccine is developed in time to prevent this virus from spreading further. Laboratory Testing for Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-   If you wake up one morning with a fever, shortness of breath and cough — in different words, signs, and symptoms of the new coronavirus — you may possibly surprise how you can get examined for it and what that entails. If you are in the United States, probabilities are a health care employee who will use a long Q-tip to swab the back of your throat and then send that sample off for testing. If you are in a country that has developed an antibody test, such as China, you may additionally get blood drawn. What occurs subsequent to these samples is very different. The throat swab is properly appropriate for polymerase chain reaction testing, also known as PCR, while the blood sample will be mined for antibodies particular to the new disease, recognized as COVID-19. Both tests take simply hours to run, meaning consequences could be ready within a day, said Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious-diseases professional and a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in Baltimore. However, as soon as the speedy structure of these PCR and antibody assessments are created, outcomes could be prepared in under an hour, he said. “There are rapid PCR tests, however, they’re not quite yet available” for the new coronavirus in the United States, Adalja informed Live

Corona Virus in the last 24 hours   As per the latest updates over 113,000 people worldwide have already been infected by Coronavirus, resulting in more than 4200 deaths. Mainland China is still the most affected region in the world where the outbreak first emerged, but the rate of infection is significantly dropping in the country. Meanwhile, it continues to spread across the hundred countries. Some other countries like South Korea also reported a slowdown in the virus speed. South Korea reported the least number of daily confirmed cases on Tuesday after carrying out a nationwide screening program test of more than 190000 people. Global Health Threat – Novel Coronavirus is continuous to threaten global health, resulting in total lockdown in Italy and various states of Iran and Mongolia as well. More than 9000 confirmed cases, Italy becomes the second most affected region after China, which has reported over 80000 confirmed cases so far. The explosion now comprises a worldwide health crisis, the WHO said on January 30. The choice to sound the top-level caution was made after the primary instances of human-to-human transmission outside China were affirmed. The worldwide health alert is a call to nations around the globe to facilitate their reaction under the direction of the United Nations wellbeing office. There have been five global health crises since 2005 when the revelation was formalized: swine influenza in 2009, polio in 2014, Ebola in 2014, Zika in 2016 and Ebola again in 2019. The entire country some 60 million people in lockdown by the Italian government to contain the virus to tackle the coronavirus outbreak that has killed 463 people and affected more than 9,000.  Italy has now 9172 infected and 463 with 733 severe cases. Also, the travel ban imposed on all sorts of arrivals from Italy as per the latest instructions by Austria’s chancellor. Spain also reported 1622 cases and 30 deaths so far, which makes it the second most affected country in Europe just after Italy. Greece also lockdown at schools and universities nationwide for two weeks after 89 confirmed cases. Smoking of shisha in all cafes and restaurants in Qatar is also banned as a preventive measure against Coronavirus. Other countries like Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic close also close down its schools and put a temporary ban on all the events and gatherings of more than a hundred peoples. The United Nations unique rapporteur on human rights in Iran said he requested that Iran free all political detainees incidentally from its packed and infection -ridden correctional facilities to help stem the spread of the coronavirus. More than 8,000 coronavirus cases have been recorded in Iran, making it the fourth-most-influenced nation after China, South Korea, and Italy, World Health Organization information appears. Nearly 291 individuals have passed on in Iran as of Tuesday. Coronavirus kills 54 individuals in Iran in a day, raising loss of life to more than 291, as Morocco affirms first death. Similarly, in the UK, another person has died from Coronavirus taking the tally up to 6 as the confirmed cases grow to 373, up from 319 the day before. All flights of British Airways are already canceled to and from Italy after the country was put on lockdown until next month. Along with these, the United States also reported a massive increase in the number of cases where the virus is spread across 20 new States. The total number of cases in the United States is now more than 570, resulting in total deaths of 26. But according to the experts, the actual number of cases can be much more than reported because of lack of testing. Among the 35 patients tested in Washington nursing, 31 of them were found infected with the virus.   New York’s senator reported a one-mile “containment zone” would be made in New Rochelle, constraining “major gathering spaces” to check the spread of the infection. New Jersey authorities announced the first death in the state from the Coronavirus. Trump’s new chief of staff Mark is also under self-quarantine for 14 days after coming in contact with an individual at CPAC who was tested positive for Coronavirus. According to the US Vice president, he is not being tested for Coronavirus, and he said he is not sure about Trump. Also, the employees like Amazon and Boeing ask their employees to work from home in affected areas. Along with Amazon Microsoft and other companies offering more than $2.5M as a response fund. This will help recovering workers who cannot take sick leave people without health insurance and healthcare workers.   Not only the health crisis world is facing the worst economic crisis since the great recession of 2008. The virus is likely to cost the economy one trillion dollars during this year. Oil prices are dropped about 25% (there worst since 1991) in New York, and London down stock markets in Europe and Asia. in your trading was briefly suspending after stocks for 1800 points within few minutes. Meanwhile, China seems to have passed the peak of the crisis, and it is returning to stability. Japan announced the second package of measures worth about $4bn in spending to subsist with the fallout, focusing on providing support to small and mid-sized firms, amid mounting concerns about the fragile economy. How deadly is it? With more than 4,000 recorded passings, the quantity of fatalities from this new coronavirus has outperformed the cost of the 2002-2003 SARS flare-up, which additionally started in China. SARS slaughtered around 9 percent of those it tainted – about 800 individuals worldwide and more than 300 in China alone. MERS, which didn’t spread as generally, was all the more destructive, slaughtering 33% of those it tainted. While the new coronavirus is more far-reaching in China than SARS as far as case numbers, the death rate remains significantly lower at roughly 2 percent, as indicated by the WHO. To PROTECT against any VIRAL disease, the worldwide HEALTH AGENCY RECOMMENDS  that PEOPLE wash their