Wuhan Coronavirus Looks Increasingly Like a Pandemic

Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=53183"><span class="small">Donald G. McNeil Jr., The New York Times</span></a>

Monday, 03 February 2020 09:29

Excerpt: "Rapidly rising caseloads alarm researchers, who fear the virus may make its way across the globe. But scientists cannot yet predict how many deaths may result."

Medical workers transporting a coronavirus patient into an isolation ward in Fuyang, China, on Saturday. Experts fear a coronavirus pandemic, but its severity is uncertain. (photo: Chinatopix/AP)

Wuhan Coronavirus Looks Increasingly Like a Pandemic

By Donald G. McNeil Jr., The New York Times

03 February 20

Rapidly rising caseloads alarm researchers, who fear the virus may make its way across the globe. But scientists cannot yet predict how many deaths may result.

he Wuhan coronavirus spreading from China is now likely to become a pandemic that circles the globe, according to many of the world�s leading infectious disease experts.

The prospect is daunting. A pandemic � an ongoing epidemic on two or more continents � may well have global consequences, despite the extraordinary travel restrictions and quarantines now imposed by China and other countries, including the United States.

Scientists do not yet know how lethal the new coronavirus is, however, so there is uncertainty about how much damage a pandemic might cause. But there is growing consensus that the pathogen is readily transmitted between humans.

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