Three people have so far died in the current outbreak, which has spread to Thailand, Japan and South Korea. Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/APThe World Health Organization has said an animal source was “the most likely primary source” of the outbreak, with “some limited human-to-human transmission occurring between close contacts”. Xi Chen, an assistant professor at the Yale School of Public Health, said the likelihood of human-to-human transmission had appeared large given how many cases were confirmed. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The closed Huanan seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, which has been linked to cases of the coronavirus. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A quarantine notice about the outbreak of the coronavirus in Wuhan at an arrivals hall at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan.

Source: The Guardian January 20, 2020 00:56 UTC