Coronavirus is a deadly test: did the world learn the lessons of Sars? | Jennifer Rohn

Preparedness is everything – so it’s chilling to realise that investment in it is actually being cutMerely a month after a mysterious respiratory illness arose in Wuhan, China, the world is already in the grip of a global outbreak.Now designated a “public health emergency of international concern” by the World Health Organization, and probably not far off earning the more sinister name “pandemic”, the 2019-nCov coronavirus outbreak has already surpassed its cousin Sars in terms of the number of cases confirmed. Although it has alower fatality rate than Sars, it ’s too early to tell whether 2019-nCov will be remembered as something much more frightening.Related:WHO declares coronavirus a global health emergencyContinue reading...
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