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What we still don't know about the coronavirus

Despite our sophisticated technology, research capability and international collaboration, we don't have the basic facts about the new coronavirus.

Jill Margo

Despite the daily tsunami of material hitting the world about the new coronavirus, we still don’t have basic information about it.

We don’t really know how this virus spreads, how many people are being infected or what the real death rate is, according to Peter Collignon, professor of microbiology at the Australian National University.

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Jill Margo is based in the Sydney office. Jill has won multiple prizes, including two Walkley Awards and is an adjunct associate professor at School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Australia. Connect with Jill on Twitter. Email Jill at jmargo@afr.com

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