Wuhan pneumonia virus outbreak: What we know so far

of the coronavirus - a 35-year-old Chinese woman who flew from Wuhan to Incheon international airport on Sunday.China's National Health Commission said in a statement on Jan 19 the source of the virus hasn't been found and that its transmission path has not been fully mapped.

The outbreak is strongly linked to a seafood market in Wuhan, but some patients diagnosed with the new coronavirus deny exposure to this market.Health officials have said there is no clear evidence the virus spreads easily from one person to another, but they cannot rule out the possibility of human-to-human transmission.

Wuhan municipal authorities released information about a married couple that contracted the virus on Jan 15. The husband, who got sick first, worked at the market but the wife denied any exposure to the market in question. The authorities did not explicitly state whether this was a case of human-to-human transmission, however.There is no vaccine for the new virus. Symptoms include fever, difficulty in breathing as well as pneumonic infiltrates in the lungs.

Chinese authorities have stepped up monitoring and disinfection efforts ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday in late January, when many of the country's 1.4 billion people will travel domestically and overseas.

How can there be 'no clear evidence' that there is no one-to-one transmission when it has spread to so many countries? How many Chinese nationals does Singapore have? WuhanPneumonia or coronavirus transmission is imminent.

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