Health experts are keen to put the coronavirus into context and insist it appears to be contained for now.
Health experts are keen to put the virus in context, and insist that it appears contained for now.
Chinese health authorities said Tuesday that the coronavirus outbreak has killed 106 people and infected 4,515While the death toll is expected to continue to rise, and the virus to spread most of the cases are so far contained to China and the authorities, including quarantining several major cities and canceling Lunar New Year's events in Beijing and elsewhere.
"It appears to be very well contained," Mark Parrish, regional medical director of Northern Europe at International SOS, told CNBC Tuesday.
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