Coronavirus causes mild disease in four in five patients, says WHO
by Sarah Boseley from on (#4ZG40)
Covid-19 not as deadly as Sars, figures show, and children not affected in same way as adults
Covid-19, the new coronavirus that has killed nearly 1,800 people in China, causes only mild disease in four out of five people who get it, the World Health Organization has said.
"It appears that Covid-19 is not as deadly as other coronaviruses, including Sars and Mers," said the WHO director general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, adding that officials were "starting to get a clearer picture of the outbreak".
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