Mixed views spread in Beijing on further infection of new coronavirus

Japanese living in the Chinese capital are not all of the same mind when it comes to the threat posed by a new pneumonia-causing coronavirus that has claimed over 100 lives since it was detected late last year in the central city of Wuhan.Some are optimistic that the virus can be contained soon as the Chinese government has taken drastic steps to curb the contagion and most Beijing residents are wearing masks everywhere from the experience of the 2002-2003 SARS pandemic that killed 774 people.But fears linger that infections of the mysterious, deadly virus will spread in the city, with some…READ FULL ARTICLE