The number of people infected by a mystery SARS-like virus that has killed two people in China is likely hundreds more than officially reported, researchers say
Passengers walk past a sign at Narita Airport in Chiba prefecture on January 16, 2020. Japan has confirmed a case of a mystery virus that first emerged in China and is from the same family as the deadly SARS pathogen, authorities said on January 16.
The scientists at the Centre -- which advises bodies including the World Health Organization -- said they estimated a "total of 1,723 cases" in Wuhan would have been infected as of January 12. "I am substantially more concerned than I was a week ago," adding, however, that it was "too early to be alarmist".
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