Coronavirus Outbreak ‘Just Beginning’ Outside China, Says Expert

A man wearing a face mask rides a bicycle, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Beijing, China on Feb. 12, 2020. Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters

SINGAPORE—The coronavirus outbreak may be peaking in China where it was first detected in the central city of Wuhan but it is just beginning in the rest of the world and likely to spread, a global expert on infectious diseases said on Feb. 12.

The Chinese regime’s senior medical adviser has said the disease is hitting a peak in China and may be over by April. He said he was basing the forecast on mathematical modeling, recent events and government action.