This app has all the up-to-date information you need to know about the Wuhan coronavirus

Mary Meisenzahl

Jan 31, 2020, 23:53 IST

This app has all the up-to-date information you need to know about the Wuhan coronavirus

The coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China, has killed more than 200 people and infected at least 9,700.
The virus can pass from person to person, and experts are rushing to study it and stop it from spreading further.
A new app made by two French expats living in Taiwan tracks the spread of the virus, mapping the disease's spread in real time and offering useful local information, broken down by region.
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The death toll of the coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, has killed over 200, and the virus has infected more than 9,700 people. On Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared it a global health emergency.

An easily-searchable, interactive app created by two French expats living in Taiwan shows real-time updates on the coronavirus. It's a one-stop shop for everything you need to know about the Wuhan coronavirus, pulling data from the WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), among other sources, creator Maxime Michel told Business Insider. Michel also said that they crosscheck that reports are corroborated by multiple sources before including them. The information matches up with the tracking dashboard created by Johns Hopkins researchers using CDC and WHO data, indicating that the app is reliable.

Michel said that they made the app during the Chinese New Year festival, because they were concerned about the epidemic and wanted a transparent way to share information after witnessing what Michel called "growing psychosis" in Taiwan.

Find the app here.

Here's how it works.