Coronavirus: Why China has emerged as the epicentre

Coronavirus: Why China has emerged as the epicentre

Explained: Here’s why China has emerged as the epicentre of global outbreaks of disease

Written by Abantika Ghosh | New Delhi | Updated: January 28, 2020 at 5:36 am

With a population of nearly 1.4 billion and 50% of the world’s livestock, China’s ecology poses a risk for emerging, re-emerging, and novel diseases that could threaten China and the rest of the world.