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NSTletters 'Once the winter ends, the Covid-19 epidemic will end and China will heave a sigh of relief.'

‘Once the winter ends, the Covid-19 epidemic will end and China will heave a sigh of relief.’ - AFP file picMalaysia is a hot, humid and sunny country and as such is very hostile to the coronavirus.

Remember the deadly Nipah virus? The outbreak did not last long because of the sunlight, heat and humidity. In Australia, numerous outbreaks of the Hendra virus from fruit bats are self-limiting and do not last long as well.

 

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This is pure speculation. COVIDー19 is the newest strain of Corona virus with little history that prevents disease experts from predicting how it behaves in warmer conditions.

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