A series of X-ray images and CT scans, released by the Radiological Society of North America and published in the Daily Mail, shows the progressive effects the disease can have on a victim’s lungs.

“The scans show white patches in the lower corners of the lungs which indicates what radiologists call ground glass opacity – the partial filling of air spaces. 

Such abnormalities identified by doctors in the scans of coronavirus patients are similar to those found in patients suffering from SARS and MERS. 

The shocking chest X-ray of one coronavirus victim, a 44-year-old man who worked at the Wuhan seafood market thought to be the origin of the outbreak, clearly show the ground glass opacity abnormality. 

Read more at Daily Mail.

Featured image: The shocking chest X-rays of one coronavirus victim, a 44-year-old man who worked at the Wuhan seafood market thought to be the origin of the outbreak, clearly show the ground glass opacity abnormality