Cleaning staff disinfects a subway station in New York City. | Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images
The novel coronavirus has now reached the level of a global pandemic. That does not, however, mean the spread of the virus is impossible to stop.
“The danger is that if you do not try and stop this, it can overwhelm your health system,” Michael Ryan, executive director of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, said in a press conference on March 11th. “There have to be very strong efforts made to suppress infection, to push the infection back.”
Experts say the best defense we have is social distancing — asking people to avoid gathering in groups and keep at a distance from others.
Even before the pandemic declaration, groups were canceling large gatherings to try to slow the spread of the virus. SXSW, the annual event held each year in…
Canceling events early can help keep an outbreak from getting worse
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