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Novel Wuhan coronavirus cases leap up

Posted onJanuary 20, 2020January 21, 20203 Comments

Confirmed cases of the novel Wuhan coronavirus have gone from 62 detected in Wuhan (and 3 exports that we knew of then) to over 200 after a jump of 136 Read More …

CategoriesCluster, outbreak, emergence, Coronavirus, Virus discoveryTagsChina, outbreak, Wuhan

China +2

Posted onJanuary 16, 2020January 21, 2020

Two countries, in addition to China, have now had visits from the novel Wuhan coronavirus, detected in travellers with respiratory symptoms. Thailand and Japan have each reported a case and Read More …

CategoriesCluster, outbreak, emergence, Coronavirus, Virus discoveryTagsChina, Japan, pneumonia, Thailand, Wuhan

Some human-to-human transmission isn't surprising in Wuhan

Posted onJanuary 16, 2020January 16, 20204 Comments

A couple of people have asked me lately if they should be worried about the novel Wuhan coronavirus. Which got me to thinking. Much of what we sciencey types chat Read More …

CategoriesCluster, outbreak, emergence, Coronavirus, Virus discoveryTagspneumonia, Wuhan

Viral pneumonia cluster in Wuhan, central China: 44 cases and counting

Posted onJanuary 3, 2020December 31, 20215 Comments

Welcome to 2020 in which we already have reports of our first cluster of viral-pneumonia-of-unknown-cause cases, generating worldwide media and evoking memories of the sudden acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus Read More …

CategoriesCluster, outbreak, emergence, Laboratory methods, Virus discoveryTagsChina, Hubei, Viral pneumonia, Wuhan

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