Why weren’t we ready for this virus?

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Across
  1. 3. The ______ of the coronavirus is an understatement, traversing across the world from country to country in only a matter of weeks. Caution is advised when approaching others.
  2. 4. _______ is a period of time during which an animal or person that might have a disease is kept away from other people or animals so that the disease cannot spread.
  3. 6. Due to various conditions like climate change and urbanization, _______ could be unleashed to the human world.
  4. 7. Due to our past experience that most of the epidemic would not go global, we may _______ that suspected cases in other countries would not exist in our country.
  5. 8. The _______ outbreak which started from 2019 disrupted humans’ normal lives.
Down
  1. 1. Despite many evidence pointing to the coronavirus being a worldwide threat, many people are still in ______ and refuse to believe this disease is dangerous.
  2. 2. The coronavirus is _______ through the air, replicated in the lower respiratory tract, and is thought to last for days on countertops.
  3. 5. Scientists were identifying conditions-climate change, massive ______, the proximity of humans to farms or forest animals that were vital resources-that could unleash microbes never been seen in humans and therefore unusually lethal.