The scientific article is not yet published in a journal but it was posted on February 9 on the MedRxiv sharing server, and there is no doubt that it has already been read by the hundreds of experts gathered on Tuesday and Wednesday in Geneva to develop a parade against the coronavirus pandemic. The article details the profile of 1099 Chinese patients and above all, was written under the direction of the respectable Professor Nan-shan Zhong. The man was put by Beijing at the head of a group of experts to study the epidemic of the new coronavirus, officially baptized this Tuesday Covid-19 (COronaVIrus Disease) by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Professor Zhong told Reuters on Tuesday: " I hope this epidemic will end in April, the big problem is that we don't know why it's so contagious ." A doubt that echoes the director's caution General of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Tuesday: " With 99% of cases in China, this remains a great emergency for this country, but it
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