Aarith V. March 8, 2020 (K7)

In a little over four months, The Wuhan corona virus (COVID-19) has been found in 104 countries*, infected over 100K people, baffled scientists around the world, and caused thousands of deaths. So it is not surprising that people across the world are terrified of this malicious new virus.

The corona virus originated in the province of Wuhan, China, in an animal market. In fact, a great majority collected from patients by the CDC were from the west zone of the market, where wild animals were traded. This shows how the outbreak was related to the trading of wild animals.

In the US, there are 335 cases, jumping from 268 yesterday. There have been more deaths than recoveries. 19 states have been affected, however, most of the cases have been in Washington state and California.

In the time I took to write these paragraphs, another thousand people were affected.

*(All information as of 3.8.2020)