The new coronavirus, which is spreading faster and wider than similar respiratory diseases such as SARS or MERS, killed 38 people in China yesterday as concerns about the severity and mutation of the disease mount.
The World Health Organization, who initially attempted to minimize the severity of the epidemic, will meet today to discuss whether the virus rises to a global emergency.
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