How to protect yourself from coronavirus infection

World Health Organization recommends people take simple precautions against virus to reduce exposure and transmission

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The spread of the coronavirus across China and to at least 10 other countries including the US, South Korea and Japan has prompted experts and health authorities to offer advice on how to reduce the chances of contracting the illness.

All but four of the 80 reported deaths so far have been recorded in Hubei province where the outbreak started. Experts have warned, however, that about 100,000 people may already be infected - far more than the 2,700 cases reported by China's National Health Commission in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.