There has been limited human-to-human transmission of a new coronavirus that has struck in China, but there is potential for wider spread, World Health Organization warns
Vials of blood can be seen at Ruijin Hospital’s Functional Neurosurgery Centre in Shanghai, China on October 29, 2018.
In all, 41 cases of pneumonia, a symptom of the disease, have been reported in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, mainly through exposure at a seafood market. The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission said seven other people were in critical condition among a total of 41 who were suffering from pneumonia caused by a "preliminarily determined new type of coronavirus” as of Friday.
The commission said the man, who died Thursday, also suffered from abdominal tumours and chronic liver disease and had been a frequent customer at a food market on Wuhan's outskirts linked to the majority of cases.
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