New coronavirus could be ‘as deadly’ as Spanish flu pandemic 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy MB Online and Agence France-PresseAn expert from London said the new strain of coronavirus could be “as deadly” as the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic. “This [2019-nCoV’s death rate] could be two percent, similar to Spanish flu,” Ferguson told Yahoo News. A two percent death rate means “one in 50” persons who acquired the virus could die. Another expert, immunologist Jonah Sacha, also likened the novel coronavirus to the 1918 Spanish flu.

Source: Manila Bulletin January 23, 2020 11:48 UTC