Rampant ignorance and misinformation about the novel coronavirus , experts say, has led to racist and xenophobic attacks against fellow Americans or anyone in the US who looks East Asian. Here's what's happening across the country, the facts about coronavirus, and what people can do if they witness attacks. Chinese restaurants are hurting tremendouslyA restaurant in New York's Chinatown has no customers, despite zero cases of novel coronavirus in the state of New York. While the novel coronavirus has infected more than 75,000 people and killed over 2,100 worldwide, it's caused far fewer deaths than the flu. By contrast, since the novel coronavirus was first detected in the United States in January, 15 people have been diagnosed with the illness as of Wednesday.

Source: CNN February 21, 2020 01:07 UTC