If something is not in the cards, it is not likely to happen.
Something is in the cards means it is likely to happen.

novel coronavirus新型冠狀病毒
the novel coronavirus outbreak 疫情爆發(fā)
The coronavirus is spreading rapidly. 疫情擴(kuò)散迅速
The novel coronavirus can lie dormant for days,
a lot of the infected cases are almost undetectable.
There's an incubation period of approximately 14 days.
During the incubation period, the virus lies dormant in your body.
incubation period 潛伏期
person-to-person transmission
confirmed cases 確診病例
There are over 10 thousand confirmed cases in China.
lethal/fatality rate 死亡率
mortality/death toll 死亡人數(shù)
The death toll in China has reached/ stands at this number.
quarantine 隔離
Wuhan is under quarantine.
The patients are quarantined.
The US government has quarantined ~.
incubation period 潛伏期

People around the world mourn the death of American basketball player, Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter in a helicopter crash on January 26, 2020.