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The dangerous world of the invincible coronavirus pandemic

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Fri, 17 Apr 2020 Source: Joel Savage

It took the world by surprise, the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the world's corona disease is probably the most influential and dangerous cause of attacking humanity in the last 100 years.

The current virus is threatening to harm hundreds of millions of people in the near future, dropping tens of millions of space and collapsing health and economic systems worldwide.

Some of the questions people are desperate to know are: How was it created? Is it possible that this is a virus engineered in the Wuhan Institute of Virology, located in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the outbreak began?

Examining reliable sources and tracing the chain of events create a puzzle of facts that give rise to real questions about the source of the virus.

The virus first appeared in November 2019 as an outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan city of Hubei province with nine cases.

About a month later, when the number of patients was already 180, Dr. Zheng Jishian reported that it was a new type of coronavirus and the number of abnormal patients raised concerns about the return of the SARS virus, which spread in China in 2002.

Dr. Zheng Jishian's report to the Chinese authorities, along with a parallel report by another physician named Dr. Li Wanliang, who after two months died of the corona disease himself.

He was initially silenced by the Chinese government and both doctors were investigated by police and accused of spreading rumours on the Internet, considering it serious harm to the public order.

On January 23, when the number of infections in China reached 830, the Chinese government imposed a full-scale military curfew that has never been seen in any of Hubei Province for its 60 million inhabitants!

At the same time, China for the benefit of scientists around the world has released its findings on the virus, including decoding its complete genome, which usually takes months and years of research.

Following China's announcement of the new virus, European countries have taken unprecedented defensive procedures, which included the immediate conversion of military camps to temporary hospitals, closing borders and imposing severe traffic restrictions on residents.

At first, the reaction of China and the various countries worldwide seemed hysterical and disproportionate, but apparently, by then they knew something we still do not know about the source of the virus and the danger it embodies

As of now, April 16, 2020, the Coronavirus or COVID 19, has already spread to most parts of the world. Currently, the virus has infected 2,088,636 and killed 134,754 people.

Coronavirus has taken over the world but the impact varies and no one can predict when the disease will subside. The disease has dealt a heavy blow on Spain, Italy, France and the United States of America.

This is the first time in history that over 2.6 billion people are required to stay in homes in a state of closure - lockdown. Will this be the end in a world that invincible epidemic can strike any time.

Columnist: Joel Savage
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