(AFP)GUANGZHOU: The coronavirus outbreak is hitting a peak in China this month and may be over by April, the government’s senior medical adviser said, in the latest assessment of an epidemic that has rattled the world. But Zhong was optimistic the new outbreak would soon slow, with the number of new cases already declining in some places. “I hope this outbreak or this event may be over in something like April,” he said in a hospital run by Guangzhou Medical University, where 11 coronavirus patients were being treated. Zhong Nanshan, head of the National Health Commission's team investigating the novel coronavirus outbreak, attends an interview with Reuters in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. “The majority of the people think he’s the hero of China,” Zhong said, wiping tears.

Source: New Strait Times February 11, 2020 11:26 UTC