This book predicted coronavirus 40 years ago

A book called The Eyes of Darkness, which was written by author Dean Koontz, has caught social media by storm.
It did so after it predicted the emergence of the novel coronavirus way back in 1981.

In the suspense thriller novel, Koontz refers to a man-made strain called 'Wuhan 400'.
It was named so because it was created by scientists in a lab in the city, with the purpose of infecting only humans.