A bit of Googling led me to this interview from about two weeks ago. The virus has already been sequenced and bears more resemblance to some bat viruses than to SARS or MERS (to my surprise, given...
A bit of Googling led me to this interview from about two weeks ago. The virus has already been sequenced and bears more resemblance to some bat viruses than to SARS or MERS (to my surprise, given the headlines have been suggesting as much).
Q: How close is this new virus to the SARS coronavirus?
A: The virus is similar to some of the published viruses collected from bats. But it is not close to SARS and not close to MERS.
Just for a bit of reference Wuhan would be 10th most populous country in the EU, just behind Belgium A second city (Huanggang) in the same province is also going into lockdown (6 Million people).
Just for a bit of reference Wuhan would be 10th most populous country in the EU, just behind Belgium
A bit of Googling led me to this interview from about two weeks ago. The virus has already been sequenced and bears more resemblance to some bat viruses than to SARS or MERS (to my surprise, given the headlines have been suggesting as much).
Just for a bit of reference Wuhan would be 10th most populous country in the EU, just behind Belgium
A second city (Huanggang) in the same province is also going into lockdown (6 Million people).
China reminds me of California in that there are cities that no one has ever really heard of but they have massive populations.