Coronavirus - The Scare

Since the 11th of February 2020, the world has been shaken with the outbreak of the virus which is being assumed as one of the most dangerous enemies of mankind.

- Mirnmoy Choudhury

Dubbed as the Corona Virus originates from the city of Wuhan, in Northern China’ s Hubei province. The virus is known to be fatal has infected thousands of Chinese citizens as well as spread to close to 20 or perhaps more countries.

Coronavirus is also known as the ‘new coronavirus’ has claimed over a thousand lives (more than the 2003 SARS epidemic) and is infecting more and more people. The outbreak has been declared as a global emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO). Since its outbreak, there has been a massive scare among the people of the world.

As per recent reports at this time, about 60,000 cases and 1370 deaths have been reported due to this virus. While close to 6000 people have recovered from the illness, the majority of them were reported from China. However, with the spreading of the virus, cases from many countries have been reported including the United States.