As a result of the recent deadly coronavirus outbreak in China, the 2011 thriller Contagion by Steven Soderberg has resurfaced once again.

Contagion recently popped up on the iTunes’s Top Movie list on the iTunes app.

The title has resurfaced again to appear alongside the titles like Ford v. Ferrari, Joker, parasite, hustlers and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Its ensemble cast includes Marion Cotillard, Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, and Jennifer Ehle.

The plot concerns the spread of a virus transmitted by fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to identify and contain the disease, the loss of social order in a pandemic, and finally the introduction of a vaccine to halt its spread.

Widespread cinema closures were reported due to the outbreak. The Chinese New Year is the most lucrative time of the year for movie producers.

The outbreak of coronavirus in China has already taken 41 lives in China until now. Wuhan city in Hubei province is completely lockdown citing the growing dangers of the virus. The United States of America, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam have also reported cases who have been infected by the virus.