Could the new coronavirus really kill 50 million people worldwide? | New Scientist
If the spread of the new coronavirus is not halted, it could infect 60 per cent of the world’s population and kill 1 in 100 of those infected – around 50 million people.
This is what Gabriel Leung, chair of public health medicine at Hong Kong University, told the Guardian newspaper on 11 February. Is he right? The short answer is that no one knows, because there are many things we still do not know about the virus.
First, can we stop it spreading globally? So far, there have been over 40,000 cases in China, and 24 other countries have reported around 300 cases. The virus is spreading much more readily than other coronaviruses that have jumped from animals into people.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2233085-could-the-new-coronavirus-really-kill-50-million-people-worldwide/?utm_campaign=onesignal&utm_medium=alert&utm_source=editorial
If the spread of the new coronavirus is not halted, it could infect 60 per cent of the world’s population and kill 1 in 100 of those infected – around 50 million people.
This is what Gabriel Leung, chair of public health medicine at Hong Kong University, told the Guardian newspaper on 11 February. Is he right? The short answer is that no one knows, because there are many things we still do not know about the virus.
First, can we stop it spreading globally? So far, there have been over 40,000 cases in China, and 24 other countries have reported around 300 cases. The virus is spreading much more readily than other coronaviruses that have jumped from animals into people.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2233085-could-the-new-coronavirus-really-kill-50-million-people-worldwide/?utm_campaign=onesignal&utm_medium=alert&utm_source=editorial
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