This past week, the news has gone around the world about the virus outbreak in Chinese Wuhan. Hundreds of people have contracted the so-called corona virus and up to 26 people have died.

Wuhan and a number of other cities have more or less been quarantined and the celebration of the Chinese New Year has been suspended in parts of the country. At the same time, several cases of the corona virus have been found in other countries around the world.

Do you have any thoughts on how to think about virus outbreaks? And what really applies to the corona virus? Then you can ask your questions here to state epidemiologist Anders Wallensten at the Infectious Disease Institute who answers as many questions he can when SVT News broadcasts directly from 16.05.

Ask your questions right here below!

Direct Report · Ask your questions about the coronavirus outbreak here

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Good afternoon!

Over the past week, several media outlets have reported on the outbreak of virus in the Chinese multi-million city of Wuhan, which has spread to several countries. But what to think about the corona virus? Today we have Deputy State Epidemiologist Anders Wallensten who can answer your questions about the virus outbreak. So enter your questions here, and Anders Wallensten will answer as many as he can here in svt.se from 16.05.

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