“We really need to put this into context globally,” says Jason Brady, CEO of Thornburg Investment Management, who cites how the common flu kills more people in the United States annually alone compared to the current novel coronavirus.
Genome sequencing studies suggest that the novel coronavirus came from a single source in Wuhan around October to November 2019, says Paul Tambyah from NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in the United States are mapping the spread of the virus. The majority of cases are in Hubei province, where the first outbreak was reported. Millions of people in China now face travel restrictions. There have also been confirmed cases in several other countries. Joining us at the Al Jazeera English studio is Dr Patrick Tang, the division chief of pathology sciences at Sidra Medicine in Qatar. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Coronavirus #China
