PARIS - A new coronavirus, a mysterious Sars-like disease, has spread around China and three other Asian countries since first emerging in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.DEC 31, 2019: ALARM RAISED The World Health Organisation is alerted on Dec 31, 2019, by the Chinese authorities of a string of pneumonia-like cases in Wuhan, a city of 11 million people.The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identifies a seafood market suspected to be at the centre of the outbreak.
JAN 11: FIRST DEATH The Chinese health authorities say a first person has died of the virus on Jan 11. They revise downwards the number of sick people to 41. The next day a first case of the virus is confirmed in Japan in someone who had stayed in Wuhan in early January. JAN 20: HUMAN-TO-HUMAN TRANSMISSION CONFIRMED On Jan 20, a third death and more than 100 new cases are announced in China, sparking concerns ahead of the annual Lunar New Year holiday which begins Jan 25 and sees hundreds of millions of Chinese people travel nationwide.
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