How the new coronavirus stacks up against SARS and MERS
For the third time since around 2003, a coronavirus has jumped from animals to people
![2019-nCoV transmission electron micrograph](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/012420_ts_coronavirus_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C579&ssl=1)
A new coronavirus called 2019 novel coronavirus, or 2019-nCoV, (seen here in a transmission electron micrograph) is spreading in China. It is similar to both SARS and MERS.
Courtesy: IVDC, China CDC via GISAID