Shocking graph shows spread of coronavirus outpacing SARS, MERS and Ebola Corvid19
A NEW animation reveals the frightening pace of deadly coronavirus - which has outpaced the SARS, MERS and Ebola outbreaks.with other diseases to show how quickly each spread after cases were first reported.This new animation shows that the new coronavirus started off slow with cases only picking up on Day 19By Day 41 coronavirus cases had exceeded rates of other outbreaks including SARS and MERSwas slower than Ebola, swine flu and SARS - which is also a type of coronavirus.
Meanwhile, there have been a reported 2,518 MERS cases with 866 deaths since its emergence in 2012 with a mortality rate of 34 per cent.Ebola - which is part of a different family of viruses - infected far fewer people than the other coronavirus outbreaks, but the fatality rate was higher at 90 per cent.So far the new virus appears to be less deadly than its cousins but the spread has been much quicker.
Dr Adalja believes that if that's the case, containment methods are not going to work and it's likely that, mixed in the cold and flu season, it can go unnoticed until someone gets severely ill. But Public Health England said that its general advice is not to close schools - a message echoed by Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
In China, where the virus originated, has reported a total of 78,497 cases, including 2,744 deaths. Outside China, there were 3,651, cases including 50 deaths.
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