Factbox: What we know about the new coronavirus in China
- The rapid spread of a new coronavirus in China is alarming health experts. Here is what we know - and do not know - about the virus:
Statistics from China indicate that just over 2% of peopleinfected with the virus have died, suggesting that it may bedeadlier than the seasonal flu but less deadly than thecoronaviruses behind SARS and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. Experts have said that it is more easily transmitted thanthe SARS virus. The incubation period is up to 14 days andpeople may be able to infect others before symptoms appear.
“The mask itself doesn’t protect completely, and that is why you need to continue to wash hands regularly, because of the risk without realising it people touch infected surfaces and then touch eyes or the mask. So there the masks represent a false security.” Drugmaker AbbVie Inc says China is testing the HIVdrug Aluvia, which is also known as Kaletra, on patients. It isa combination of lopinavir and ritonavir.
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