Infectious Diseases

An outbreak of a mysterious viral infection, 2019-nCoV – coronavirus, has set the whole world on toes, claiming the lives of more than 800 people in China, surpassing the death toll caused from SARS, reports the Chinese government.  An infection with the symptoms more or less like pneumonia, known by the name ‘Coronavirus’, dates back to 1960s, has now again made its re-entry in the city, Wuhan in China.  Besides China, thirteen other countries have confirmed positive cases of a novel coronavirus, with the toll of infected people at 40,554 globally, and deaths 910, the cases, as well as deaths due to the Coronavirus, are likely to rise in coming days until t...