china it appears was not as transparent as it should have been despite efforts of doctors like leven lang to get the word out he was reprimanded by the government and would live to die from the virus but again we didn't yet know the deadly potential of the virus our 1st hint came on the 11th of january not reported its 1st death a 61 year old man who was a regular customer at the market and unlike sars on mars the virus was spreading uncontained around the globe on the 13th of january the 1st case detected was outside china when a woman with the virus was born 1000 in thailand a week later cases popped up in japan south korea and the united states but the w.h.o. still had not declared the virus and international emergency the focus remained on china and its efforts to contain the virus to the city where it's thought to have originated one. a city of 11000000 people with almost no one on the streets trains planes buses cars almost nothing leave though and. hospital wards have been overwhelmed and 1000 small beds have been reserved for patients health workers on the frontline of the fight a