The Coronavirus: Hong Kong closing borders

What happened?

  • More than 100 deaths
  • Over 4,500 infected
  • A new virus has been born from a snake
  • Infected are receiving quarantine and isolation

Coronavirus Cases According to World Health Organisation

Thailand – 14

  Japan – 6

  USA, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan – 5

Malaysia, South Korea – 4

  France – 3

Vietnam – 2

Nepal, Canada, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Germany – 1

Why we should care?

  • Could be a potentially dangerous virus towards the world
  • The symptoms are identical to a cold

Bias:

BBC

No bias

Sources:

Coronavirus: Hong Kong to slash border travel as virus spreads. (n.d.).
     Retrieved January 28, 2020, from BBC website: https://www.bbc.com/news/
     world-asia-china-51279726

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam wore a face mask to speak to the media [Photograph].
     (2020, January 28). Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/
     world-asia-china-51279726

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