Experts are scrambling to understand Wuhan coronavirus to prevent its spread

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CDNTopStories: As more information is gathered about how the 2019 novel-coronavirus (n-CoV or Wuhan coronavirus) behaves, health experts are also working hard to understand the virus to implement more measures to prevent its spread. Read more:

As of 2:40 p.m. of January 31, 2020, there are a total 213 recorded deaths, 9,776 infected individuals, and 187 cases of recovery of the Wuhan coronavirus based on the records of the John Hopkins University 2019-nCov global tracker. | Screengrabbed from John Hopkins CCSE

Dr. Jaime Bernadas, Department of Health in Central Visayas director, said this as more measures had been put in place to prevent the spread of the n-COV in the country amid the first confirmed case of a the virus in the country — a 38-year-old Chinese woman confined in a Manila hospital. Bernadas also said that the n-CoV had a lower death rate than the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome , which spread across Asia in 2003, and Middle East respiratory syndrome , which spread in 2012.

However, as studies continue to this day along with its spread to over 38 countries, more and more information is gathered about the Wuhan Coronavirus.

 

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