How coronavirus control measures could affect its global death toll

Experts analyzed contact patterns and disease severity to estimate COVID-19’s potential reach

The virus that causes COVID-19 has infected hundreds of thousands of people in 180 countries and territories, prompting government officials to enforce measures to keep residents from gathering in large groups and to stay home in an effort to slow its spread.END=GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.3/4/2020.