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China pneumonia outbreak: Mystery virus probed in Wuhan. Some 44 people have been infected in the central city of Wuhan, officials say.
- 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9日 · 9 January 2020. Getty Images. 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....
2020年1月6日 · The cause of mysterious pneumonia cases in the Chinese city of Wuhan remains unknown, health authorities in the city said Sunday, as the number of infected people rose to 59 from 44 on Friday....
- Helen Branswell, STAT
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9日 · The outbreak of a mysterious viral pneumonia in Wuhan, a central Chinese city, has become the latest challenge for the health authorities in mainland China. In Hong Kong it put the city on...
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 ...
