Details that have emerged about the new virus from China reveal how challenging it may be to control the outbreak.
This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus . This virus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China.
"The level of concern has been growing" with the new revelations about viral spread, said Marc Lipsitch of Harvard's School of Public Health. Based on the first 425 confirmed cases in China, each infection led to 2.2 others on average, Chinese scientists reported last week in the New England Journal of Medicine. That’s a bit more than ordinary flu but less than SARS, a genetic cousin of the new virus.
This so-called asymptomatic transmission"puts a terrible burden on the screening process," which has heavily relied on symptoms to detect cases and track close contacts to limit spread, Fauci said.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
New report on first US case of novel coronavirus details mild symptoms followed by pneumoniaIn a new report, doctors describe how the man with the first case of Wuhan coronavirus in the United States progressed from initially mild, nonspecific symptoms to pneumonia on the ninth day of his illness
Read more »
China reports 259 people have died of new virus; 11,800 sickBEIJING (AP) — China has reported 259 people have died of a new virus, which has now infected nearly 11,800 people as the United States declared a public health emergency and took drastic steps to...
Read more »
Fears of new virus trigger anti-China sentiment worldwideSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A scary new virus from China has spread around the world. So has rising anti-Chinese sentiment, calls for a full travel ban on Chinese visitors and indignities for...
Read more »
Gilead working with China to test Ebola drug as new coronavirus treatmentGilead Sciences Inc said on Friday it provided its experimental Ebola therapy fo...
Read more »
China reports 46 new coronavirus deaths, total at 259The total number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China had reached 259 ...
Read more »
New coronavirus deaths and cases in China reach record daily highsConfirmed cases rise to 11,791 nationally; death toll hits 259.
Read more »