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Mysterious Lung Disease in China Linked to New Virus in SARS Family, WHO Says

2020年01月09日 19:52 来源于 财新网
Pneumonia cases in the city of Wuhan point to a coronavirus, which can cause a number of respiratory infections including the deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome
Coronaviruses, some of which are thought to spread to humans from animals, can cause a number of respiratory diseases of varying severity.

The cause of a mysterious lung disease that has afflicted more than 50 people in the central Chinese city of Wuhan appears to be a new virus in the same family as those that caused the deadly SARS and MERS outbreaks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday.

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