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2020年1月3日 · 3 January 2020. Getty Images. The outbreak has occurred in the city of Wuhan. Chinese authorities have launched an investigation into a mysterious viral pneumonia which has infected dozens of...
2020年1月9日 · Scientists believe they may have found the cause of the mystery pneumonia that has infected almost 60 people in the Chinese city of Wuhan since December. Preliminary tests indicated the illness...
2021年1月25日 · By 30 December, several people had been admitted to hospitals in the central city of Wuhan, having fallen ill with high fever and pneumonia. The first known case was a man in his 70s who had...
2020年2月12日 · Since December 2019, a total of 41 cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology have been confirmed in Wuhan city, Hubei Province, China. Wuhan city is a major transportation hub with a population of more than 11 million people. Most of the patients visited a local fish and wild animal market last month.
- Hongzhou Lu, Charles W. Stratton, Yi Wei Tang
- 2020
- What Do We Know So Far About This Virus?
- Do We Know How This Virus Is spreading?
- Should People Be worried?
- What Are The Next Steps For Public Health Scientists?
“We don’t know a whole lot at thispoint,” says Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Center forHealth Security in Baltimore. “It seems to be a novel coronavirus that canproduce viral pneumonia, which was severe in some cases.” No deaths have been reported so farfrom the virus. Doctors will be monitoring how current patients fare, a...
Chinese officials say the virusdoesn’t readily transmit between humans. While Nuzzo says it’s too soon to knowfor sure, she agrees that “there doesn’t seem to be evidence of sustainedperson-to-person transmission. We haven’t seen numbers [of infected] that wouldmake us concerned about that possibility.” During previous deadly coronavirusoutbreaks, ...
For now, the outbreak seems to be contained, with no new cases reported since December 29. The WHO says it is monitoring the situation, and hasn’t recommended any travel restrictions. Still, “anytime there’s a novelvirus that appears that’s causing critical illness, it merits concern,” Adaljasays. “Right now, there’s no cause for panic.”
Once the virus’s genetic informationis made available, scientists will be able to compare it with other knownviruses to see if it’s more closely related to common cold-type triggers or themore deadly varieties that caused SARS or MERS. But in terms of assessing thethreat of this outbreak, “we really need more data,” Adalja says. Experts willbe comb...
2020年1月3日 · Chinese authorities have launched an investigation into a mysterious viral pneumonia which has infected dozens of people in the central city of Wuhan. A total of 44 cases have been confirmed so...
2020年1月14日 · India. Wuhan pneumonia outbreak: First case reported outside China. 14 January 2020. AFP. The outbreak began in Wuhan in eastern China. A tourist in Thailand has become the first person...