A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 86,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.
Associated Press: New virus – over 86,000 infected globally, over 2,900 deaths
This photo taken on Feb. 28, 2020 shows a patient infected by the COVID-19 coronavirus preparing to do a CT scan at the Red Cross hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province.
