Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 3, 2020

Asia Times: Timeline charts rising toll of coronavirus

China’s stock markets collapse on day of largest increase in number of death

The new coronavirus which appeared late December has claimed more than 360 lives, infected more than 17,400 people in China, and spread to 24 countries.

Here is a timeline.

On December 31, 2019, China alerts the World Health Organization (WHO) to cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, a central industrial city of 11 million people.

Several infections are traced to a Wuhan market which is shut on January 1.

As infections rise, Chinese officials say on January 7 they have identified a new virus from the coronavirus family. It is named 2019-nCoV.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 3, 2020

Coronavirus: Could it become pandemic? -- Michelle Roberts, BBC

Chinese citizens turn to virus tracker apps to avoid infected neighborhoods -- Reuters

Flu Remains the Real Danger -- Joel Zinberg, City Journal

Erdogan Challenges Washington and Moscow -- Simon Tisdall, Guardian

Assad Is a Monster—And 'Winner' of the Syrian Civil War -- Daniel R. DePetris, National Interest

Who is cracking down on Iraq’s anti-government protesters? -- Linah Alsaafin, Al Jazeera

Qassem Suleimani and How Nations Decide to Kill -- Adam Entous and Evan Osnos, New Yorker

In death, Iran's Soleimani bequeaths perilous dilemma for Iraq -- Samia Nakhoul, John Davison, and Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters

America is Making a Bad Bet on India -- Arif Rafiq, National Interest

Britain underestimates the Huawei threat -- Gary Golomb, The Hill

East Africa: Why are locusts so destructive? -- Martin Kuebler, DW

Americans Demand Rethinking of the 'Forever War' -- Edward Wong, New York Times