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Coronavirus: 10 reasons why you don’t need to panic
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Coronavirus: 10 reasons why you don’t need to panic

Regardless of whether we consider the new coronavirus to be a pandemic or not, this is a serious issue. In less than two months, this outbreak has spread to various continents. Pandemic means the continuous and consistent transmission of disease, simultaneously in more than three different geographical regions. Pandemic does not mean how deadly a virus is but rather its distribution and geographical addition. What we definitely get is a fear pandemic. Media from all over the world fixated on coronavirus.There has been deep thought and mass planning for the worst-case scenarios. And of course, the impact has spread from the world of global health into politics and business. But of course, it's also true that we shouldn't panic. It would be wrong to say that there is good news from COVID...
How you can protect yourself from Wuhan Coronavirus
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How you can protect yourself from Wuhan Coronavirus

As of this writing, there are 750 confirmed deaths in China alone from the Wuhan Coronavirus, with 8,000 infections all across the nation. That is of course only the deaths confirmed to be related to the virus, which can be tricky to identify versus the severe flu or other respiratory illnesses.The total death count could very well be higher than the 750 claimed, but what is particularly terrifying is that the total infected count is almost certainly much greater than the 8,000 confirmed in China alone. That's because the Coronavirus is contagious even before symptoms set in, unlike the famous SARS virus from the 2002 SARS outbreak.That means that you could be infected yourself right now, and spreading the infection, without ever realizing it until finally, in about two weeks' time...