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

Behind The Global Race To Contain China’s Killer Bug

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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