TOP 5 facts you should know about the new Chinese virus

How did it all start? For the first time, representatives of health care China. They reported cases of infection in Wuhan province, people who worked in the wholesale seafood market became infected.

Before the market closed on January 1, bats, chickens, rabbits and even snakes could be purchased on its territory. Probably, it was the animals that were the source of the infection.

What is this virus? Scientists suggest that we are talking about a coronavirus, which at one time mutated. That is why the human body turned out to be sensitive to it. Infection is dangerous with complications, viral pneumonia.

It's too early to talk about a pandemic! To date, about 200 cases of the disease have been recorded, most of the infected are still under medical supervision. The condition of some patients remains grave.

With similar symptoms, doctors were consulted in Beijing, South Korea and Thailand.

The virus is transmitted from person to person. Until recently, Chinese doctors believed that people could only get the virus from animals, but then 14 doctors who worked with infected people developed symptoms of the disease.

It became obvious that the coronavirus is capable of spreading from person to person.

WHO will assess the danger. An emergency meeting of WHO is scheduled for January 22, at which leading physicians and scientists will assess the danger of a new infection.

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