A new virus that has killed nine people is modifying and mutating, emphasising the hurdles for health authorities in constraining the outbreak, a Chinese health official announced on Wednesday.
The coronavirus originated from a market with illegal wildlife transactions, Gao Fu, the director-general of China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention, told a news briefing.
The virus, originating in the central city of Wuhan at the end of last year, has spread to Beijing and Shanghai, as well as overseas to the United States, Thailand, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.On its Hong Kong and Macau reported the first confirmed case of the virus.
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