Novel coronavirus 2019, Wuhan, China: situation summary updated January 21, 2020

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  As of January 11, 2020, Chinese health authorities have preliminarily identified more than 40 human infections with a novel coronavirus in an outbreak of pneumonia under investigation in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. The preliminary identification of the novel coronavirus was announced by the World Health Organizationexternal icon on January 9, 2020. ; Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses, some causing illness in people and others that circulate among animals, including camels, cats and bats. Rarely, animal coronaviruses can evolve and infect people and then spread between people such as has been seen with MERS and SARS. The outbreak in Wuhan, China has been reported to be linked to a large seafood and animal market, suggesting a possible zoonotic origin to the outbreak. ; There is an ongoing investigation to determine more about this outbreak. This is a rapidly evolving situation and information will be updated as it becomes available.
• Subjects:
  • COVID-19
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging
  • Coronavirus Infections
  • Pneumonia
  • Respiratory Tract Infections
• Series:
  Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/84177/cdc_84177_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 169.74 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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