Coronavirus will return as a seasonal virus like the flu, scientists have said as fears grow the deadly disease could blight the world for a decade.
A group of Chinese viral and medical researchers told reporters in Beijing on Monday that the virus will likely not disappear like SARS did because it can infect asymptomatic carriers.
This means that people can spread the virus without experiencing its symptoms like a fever and cough, making it difficult to track its spread.
Jin Qi, director of the Institute of Pathogen Biology at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, said: "This is very likely to be an epidemic that co-exists with humans for a long time, becomes seasonal and is sustained within human bodies." According to Bloomberg, the