A virus similar to the SARS pathogen has claimed 81 lives since emerging in a market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, and spread around the world.
As of Monday, more than 2700 people have been infected across China, the bulk of them in and around Wuhan.
In Hong Kong, eight people are known to have the disease. Of those, six arrived via a newly built high-speed train terminal that connects with the mainland.There are three known cases of the coronavirus in France, the first European country to be affected by the outbreak. A man aged in his 30s reported himself to authorities on January 19 after returning to his home near Seattle.
The latest confirmed case is a 40-year-old man who entered the country on a bus with a Chinese tour group.The patient, who was initially quarantined, recovered and was discharged.Singapore announced its fourth case of the coronavirus on Sunday. All four patients had arrived in the city-state from Wuhan over the last week.The latest patient is a 55-year-old Korean man who returned from Wuhan on January 20. He was quarantined and tested after experiencing symptoms.
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