Fatality rate of Covid-19 10-fold less than that of SARS, MERS epidemics: Nobel laureate Sir Peter Ratcliffe

Nobel laureate Sir Peter Ratcliffe, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine last year, said though the Covid-19 pandemic “looks as if it has been quite a close shave for humanity but its fatality rate is much less than that SARS and MERS”. "It’s a matter of good fortune that this virus, which is much more infectious, is substantially less dangerous," he said.