The coronavirus is showing no signs of letting up, as China quarantines millions of people and travel restrictions are issued around the world.
The World Health Organization reports 361-people have now died and more than 17-thousand are infected with the coronavirus.
The majority of cases remain in the city of Wuhan in Hubei Province, where a makeshift hospital built in just ten days – opened its doors Monday to patients.
To discuss:
- Anthony Fauci is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health.
- Kathryn Jacobsen is a Professor of Epidemiology at George Mason University.
- Qinduo Xu is a senior fellow with the Pangoal Institution and Host of CGTN’s Dialogue Weekend.
- Chris Smith is a consultant clinical virologist at Cambridge University
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China urges relevant countries to view the novel #coronavirus epidemic rationally and calmly https://t.co/nk1cpjb0zm pic.twitter.com/XFtOgQ7Dve
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) February 3, 2020
China's finance authorities at all levels have allocated 47 billion yuan (about 6.8 billion U.S. dollars) as of midnight Feb. 2 for the novel #coronavirus prevention and control work, official data showed pic.twitter.com/tM3sBuJSvO
— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) February 3, 2020
A hospital has been built in Wuhan in 10 days to accommodate #coronavirus patients. How did China make it? pic.twitter.com/A9u82X9Uno
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) February 3, 2020
Heartwarming moments in China's #coronavirus battle: We stand alone together pic.twitter.com/ZJ4vZN5m6v
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) February 3, 2020