ADADThe latest report from Chinese health authorities put the death toll from the new coronavirus at 25, with 830 confirmed cases nationwide. Still, it is not nearly as infectious as the measles virus, which can live for up to two hours in the air after an infected person coughs or sneezes. Nor does it appear to be anywhere near as deadly as Ebola, which is also much harder to transmit. Coronaviruses range from the common cold to more-severe diseases such as SARS and Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS. ADAnother possibility: The virus spreads like SARS — in other words not as readily as the flu — but causes less severe illness than that sister virus.

Source: Washington Post January 24, 2020 00:45 UTC