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Based on the team’s studies, it is revealed that the Wuhan virus, which is in itself a coronavirus, cannot survive temperatures of above 57 °C and will die in such environments in 30 minutes.
As death toll of the corronavirus is certainly rising and the number of patients are increasing at an alarming pace, Chinese medical experts now claim that the Wuhan virus that is currently spreading across the world has a literal Achilles Heel, and it can actually be killed.
Chinese director of the State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Li Lanjuan, who is herself a highly seasoned epidemiologist, the Wuhan virus, which is in itself a coronavirus, cannot survive temperatures of above 57 °C and will die in such environments in 30 minutes. This was reported in a separate piece by Sin Chew Daily
According to Li Lanjuan, who claims to have studied on the Wuhan virus with Zhong Nanshan, the first scientist to discover the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus that seized the world in 2002, and his team of six other experts, have produced some of the most vital insights into the outbreak so far.
Regardless of which, its probably safer to travel around with an N95 mask for the time being to avoid catching diseases of any sort! the Wuhan virus isn’t invincible, and that measures are being taken to protect it from spreading further.
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At least 304 people in China have died from the virus, which has infected more than 14,500 worldwide – mostly in China.
The first death outside of China from the new coronavirus was confirmed in the Philippines on Sunday February 2 as reported by Aljazeera News
