An employee wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant to sanitize a passenger bus as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in Minsk, Belarus March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
LONDON (Reuters) - As the new coronavirus spreads and worldwide deaths linked to it top 3,400, global alarm is growing and has caused everything from consumer runs on face masks to mass school closures.
Yet while few would deny the outbreak's official status as an international health emergency, in the ranking of top causes of death it pales into insignificance compared to heart disease, cancer, road accidents, suicide or homicide.
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