Global Economic Impact of Coronavirus – Assessment and Mitigation (A)

The coronavirus epidemic, a large family of viruses that caused illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV) , began on December 31, 2019. China alerted the World Health Organization (WHO) to some cases of unusual pneumonia in Wuhan, a port city of 11 million people in the central Hubei province of China. At that time, the virus was unknown. Some of those infected worked in the city’s Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which was shut down on January 1, 2020. ..