What is coronavirus and how worried should we be?

What are the symptoms of the virus from Wuhan in China, how does it spread, and when should you see a doctor?Coronavirus: how to protect yourself from infectionCoronavirus – latest updatesIt is a novel coronavirus – a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. Like other coronaviruses, it has come from animals. Many of those infected either worked or frequently shopped in the Huanan seafood wholesale market in the centre of the Chinese city, which also sold live and newly slaug htered animals. New and troubling viruses usually originate in animal hosts. Ebola and flu are other examples.Continue reading...
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