China reports 17 more cases of pneumonia caused by new deadly strain of coronavirus
Medical staff members carry a patient into the Jinyintan hospital, where patients infected by a mysterious SARS-like virus are being treated, in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on January 18, 2020.
China reported 17 more cases of pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus strain on Sunday, stoking worries as the country gears up to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year when much of the population travels. Three of those patients are seriously ill, according to a statement issued by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission.The 17 new patients began exhibiting symptoms such as a fever or cough before January 13, the statement said.The new virus belongs to the large family of coronaviruses that includes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome , which killed nearly 800 people globally during a 2002-2003 outbreak that also started in China.
The United States said on Friday that it would begin screening efforts at three US airports to track travellers from Wuhan who may have symptoms of the fever. Though experts say the new virus does not appear to be as lethal as SARS, little is known about its origins and it is not clear whether human-to-human transmission can occur. All of the cases so far have involved people either living in Wuhan or who have travelled to the city.
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