New virus from China that killed two may be more widespread – report – Sky News, Sky.com
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A new type of virus originating from a city in central China may have infected far more people than first thought.
Two people in(Wuhanhave died after an outbreak of pneumonia linked to the newstrainwhich is believed to have come from a seafood market.
On Saturday, health officials in the city confirmed four more people had contracted the illness. Differing reports now place the total number of infections at (or) ******************************************************** cases.
But a study from London’s Imperial College suggests there could be more than 1, 728 cases in Wuhan alone.
It said: “It is likely that the Wuhan outbreak of a novel coronavirus has caused substantially more cases of moderate or severe respiratory illness than currently reported. “
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