Behind The Global Race To Contain China’s Killer Bug • Discoverology

Behind The Global Race To Contain China’s Killer Bug

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President Xi Jinping’s government has cordoned off much of the central Chinese province of Hubei, practically blockading more than 50 million people, in the biggest large-scale quarantine in the modern era. The Politburo Standing Committee, the nation’s top decision making body, has taken charge of the crisis.

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