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Panic response will not cure global, national challenges

Salvadoran citizen is being examined at the Salvador International Airport before moving to quarantine upon arrival from China due to the global coronavirus situation, in San Salvador, El Salvador, February 3, 2020. [Reuters]

China has an estimated population of 1.4 billion. The coronavirus outbreak has affected 17,000 Chinese that is 0.001 per cent of the population, with more than 400 deaths reported so far, which is 2 per cent of the affected population.

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