Covid-19: Five days that shaped the outbreak
Before Wuhan was locked down in January 2020 officials said the outbreak was under control – but the virus had spread…
At the beginning of any emerging disease outbreak, says health law expert Lawrence Gostin, it’s always chaotic. “It was always going to be very difficult to control this virus, from day one. But by the time we knew [the international community] it was transmissible human to human, I think the cat was already out the bag, it already spread.