TOKYO -- At the very beginning of the year, Nikkei Asia reported an outbreak of a "viral pneumonia of unknown origin" emerging from the Chinese city of Wuhan. The new coronavirus, formally known as SARS-CoV-2, has gone on to infect more than 80 million people globally -- with probably millions more cases unrecorded -- and it is no exaggeration to say it has turned the world on its head.






