Authorities said they are still trying to understand the new pathogen, but “right now, the main transmission route of the virus is the respiratory tract”
Pneumonia-causing virus is spreading between people mainly via the respiratory tract, authorities say
Spreading quickly from its epicenter in the city of Wuhan, a potentially lethal virus has sickened hundreds around China and reached the U.S., Japan and South Korea. While experts believe it is much less deadly than the related coronavirus that caused the 2003 SARS epidemic, countries are rushing to contain the outbreak, and Wuhan residents are taking their own protective measures.
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