By Jessica Hamzelou The new virus belongs to the coronavirus familyALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A deadly new coronavirus has now reached at least 14 countries. As of Monday 27 January, there are 2794 confirmed cases of the virus, while tens of thousands of people are being kept under medical supervision around the world. Eighty-one people… Read More: New coronavirus may be much more contagious than initially thought »
A rapidly evolving health story broke in late December when a novel illness originating in Wuhan, China made the news. Reports of the number of infected people swiftly rose, and isolated cases of this new coronavirus — dubbed 2019-nCoV by scientists — have appeared in several countries due to international travel. At this writing, almost… Read More: The new coronavirus: What we do — and don’t —… »
A second patient in the United States has been found to be infected with the Wuhan coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday. The patient is a woman in her 60s who had traveled to Wuhan, China — the epicenter of the outbreak — and returned to Chicago on Jan. 13.… Read More: Chicago Woman Is Second Patient in U.S. With Wuhan Coronavirus »
Media playback is unsupported on your device Wuhan, a Chinese city of nearly nine million people, is to temporarily shut public transport as it tries to halt the outbreak of a new strain of virus. Those living in the city have been advised not to leave, in a week when millions of Chinese are travelling… Read More: Coronavirus: Wuhan to shut public transport over outbreak »