The recent outbreak of a novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China has
received worldwide attention and is increasingly putting a strain
on businesses.
Part of the same family as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
(SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the virus is
known to transmit from animals to humans and causes, amongst other
things, pneumonia. Presently, available antiviral drugs are no use
against it. The virus is believed to have originated in the Huanan
seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, China and has now spread to
other parts of Asia, Europe and North America. On 30 January 2020,
the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a Public Health
Emergency of International Concern.
