EDITORIAL: Coronavirus a deadly warning to be vigilant
This matters to SA because many of our tourists are from China and the virus is spreading fast
24 January 2020 - 05:09
In the early 2000s a virus emerged in mainland China. It would eventually be called severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS. Not, of course, to be confused with our revenue service. Now another “coronavirus” has emerged in China.
This one is in its infancy, but has already killed 25 people in less than a week and infected hundreds. China and the world are desperately trying to contain its spread so that it does not end up remotely like SARS...
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