Everything you should know about the coronavirus outbreak The Pharmaceutical Journal 24 AUG 2020 By Kristoffer Stewart , Dawn Connelly , Julia Robinson The latest information about the novel coronavirus identified in Wuhan, China, and advice on how pharmacists can help concerned patients and the public. Open access article The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has made this feature article free to access in order to help healthcare professionals stay informed about an issue of national importance. To learn more about coronavirus, please visit: https://www.rpharms.com/resources/pharmacy-guides/wuhan-novel-coronavirus . Source: Shutterstock.com Measures to guard against the infection work under the current assumption that SARS-CoV-2 is spread by respiratory droplets, although face masks are unlikely to prevent infection A novel strain of coronavirus — SARS-CoV-2 — was first detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, a city in China’s Hubei province with a...