CORONA VIRUS AND CHINA’S REBOUNDING CAPACITY Corona viruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses causing illnesses ranging from the common cold to really severe diseases like the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). This novel corona virus (nCoV) is a new train that has not been previously identified in humans. They are zoonatic literally translating that they are transmitted between animals and humans. Investigations revealed that SARS-CoV was transmitted from civet cats to humans and MERS-CoV from dromedary camels to humans. There are several other known corona viruses that are circulating in animals but that have not yet infected humans. Common signs of infection to watch out for are respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In more s...