The newly identified coronavirus that emerged last month from Wuhan, China, sickening more than 1,900 people worldwide and killing at least 56, has sparked growing anxiety and questions: How lethal is the virus? How can it be avoided? Is travel, especially to China, suddenly risky?
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A discarded facemask sits on a street in Wuhan on Jan. 26, 2020, a city at the epicentre of a viral outbreak that has killed at least 56 people and infected nearly 2,000.