A passenger wearing a mask arrives to the Antonio Carlos Jobim Galeao International Airport, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. Passengers and airport workers are voluntarily wearing masks as a precautionary measure amid an outbreak of the coronavirus that started in China. - AP
Coming back from London, I landed at airports that seemed to be in outer space, with everyone in masks and health inspectors in space suits.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the world must be better prepared against the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, which has confirmed total infection of 7,816 people worldwide, of which 105 were reported outside Mainland China as of Jan 30,2020. So far, 170 deaths have been reported inside China from the coronavirus.
The coronavirus is a family of viruses that causes illnesses from the common cold to severe diseases such as the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). This coronavirus outbreak is reported to have spread from a market in Wuhan that sold seafood and live animals.
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