Answer Bank: Will the novel coronavirus disappear in summer?

Going back 17 years to 2003, the SARS epidemic mysteriously subsided by summer after ravaging for more than half a year, starting in winter. Many are hoping that the novel coronavirus, which also surged in winter, could naturally disappear as the weather gets warmer.

However, people's guards cannot be let down as experts pointed out that no evidence suggests the novel coronavirus will disappear in summer.

Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said in a call interview on February 12 that this assumption was premature. "We haven't been through even a single year with this pathogen."

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