Malik Peiris

Malik Peiris (born born 10 November 1949) is a Sri Lankan pathologist and virologist and the head of the virology department of the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, China.

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 * It's still unclear whether that takes place (that COVID-19 can spread before people show sings of being infected). But if it does, that might explain why the disease is spreading so quickly.
 * Malik Peiris (2020) cited in "Number of Coronavirus Cases Passes SARS Outbreak" on Learning English, 29 January 2020.