Coronavirus: how worried should I be about the shortage of face masks? Or can I just use a scarf?
- Written by C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has just declared the coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
There have been nearly 10,000 cases of the so-called 2019-nCoV in China, 23 countries affected and more than 213 deaths globally.
China, Germany, the US and several other countries confirmed the...