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China confirms human-to-human transmission of coronavirus
- aazaa 7y ago> The strain has caused alarm because of its connection to severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars), which killed nearly 650 people across mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002-03. Three people have so far died in the current outbreak, which has spread to Thailand, Japan and South Korea. Coronavirus was also responsible for Middle East respiratory syndrome: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-(mers-cov) https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/middle-east... Coronavirus is also a member of the same group giving rise to the common cold: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus