ANKARA

Chinese coronavirus will possibly spread to more countries because there is a heavy footfall in China being the second largest economic hub of the world, according to an expert.

It is not yet clear how dangerous the outbreak is as “the mortality rate still remains unclear,” Jia-fong Lue, a specialist on infectious diseases at Taipei City Hospital, told Anadolu Agency.

“The rate may be not as high as SARS 2003, which was estimated to be 10%,” Lue said.

During an epidemic of SARS (ancestor of Corona) in 2003, more than 700 people — mostly from the Asian continent —

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