Irish Examiner View: Scale of coronavirus risk is still unknown

The widely-circulated image of a grey-haired man lying dead where he fell on a Wuhan footpath, his face half covered by a protective mask and a plastic shopping bag in one hand, surrounded by medical staff in full protective hazmat suits and masks, may not promote the kind of calm that the escalating coronavirus outbreak demands.

That composure will be challenged too by the news that the number of cases worldwide has already surpassed the Sars epidemic peak.