Wuhan Coronavirus: Everything Travellers Need To Know
What we’d feared has come true. The deadly coronavirus first discovered in the central city of Wuhan, has been confirmed by China’s officials that it can be spread from person to person.
What exactly is Wuhan Virus?
This new virus belongs to a broad family of coronaviruses that are usually found in animals, with only seven (including the latest Wuhan virus) known to infect humans. The source of the outbreak is believed to be Wuhan’s Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, a large seafood market that sells live animals and raw meat.
The coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, causes pneumonia, with respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. Little else is known about the virus, but it has been compared to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus, which killed almost 800 people across mainland China and Hong Kong in the period of 2002 to 2003.
