This is a developing story and will be updated.
Chinese health officials say the new strain of coronavirus came from wild animals sold at a market in Wuhan, a city of 11 million and the capital of Hubei province in central China. The pneumonia-like illness has spread rapidly since appearing in late December, and the World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus outbreak a ‘public health emergency’. As of Wednesday morning, the virus has infected over 25,000 people in China and killed more than 500.
Confirmed cases of the potentially deadly virus are beginning to pop up outside of China. In the United States, health officials confirmed eleven cases of the pneumonia-like illness. Infections have also been confirmed in France, India, Hong Kong, Japan, Nepal, Cambodia, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Taiwan, Canada and Sri Lanka. The Philippines reported Sunday that a man from Wuhan died in Manila of the coronavirus, the first person outside China to succumb to the illness.
CountryCases
China28,122
Japan45
Singapore28
Thailand25
South Korea23
Taiwan16
Australia14
Germany12
Malaysia12
United States11
Vietnam10
France6
U.A.E.5
Canada5
India3
Italy2
Russia2
Britain2
Philippines2
Cambodia1
Finland1
Nepal1
Spain1
Sri Lanka1
Sweden1
Belgium1
Last updated: Feb 6 at 11:28 am
Note: China total includes 24 cases in Hong Kong and 10 in Macau
In the United States, a Washington state man was diagnosed with the virus several days after his return Jan. 15 from the region around Wuhan. A woman in Chicago was also diagnosed with the virus, after traveling to Wuhan in late December and returning Jan. 13. Eleven cases have been confirmed, including the first person-to-person transmission of coronavirus confirmed in U.S.
Chinese authorities took the unprecedented step last week of announcing plans to suspend all outbound transportation from Wuhan in an effort to contain the illness. Wuhan is a key transport hub for goods moving from China’s interior to the coast, as well as for north-south commercial traffic.
On Friday, U.S. officials announced they were denying entry to foreign nationals who recently visited China. United, American and Delta airlines announced they would begin cancelling flights to China. International carriers, including British Airways, Air France, Lion Air and Lufthansa group have also announced they are canceling flights to China.
Coronaviruses range from the common cold to much more serious diseases that can infect both humans and animals, including severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, and Middle East respiratory syndrome, also known as MERS.
| TRANSMISSION TYPE | VACCINE AVAILABLE? | NUMBER OF CASES | NUMBER OF DEATHS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novel coronavirus (2019-2020) | Person to person | No | 28,353 | 565 |
| SARS (2003) | Close person to person | No | 8,098 | 774 |
| Ebola (2014-2016) | Direct contact, bodily fluids | Yes, experimental | 28,616 | 11,310 |
| Measles (2018), worldwide | Airborne, close person to person | Yes | 9,769,400 | 142,300 |
| U.S. Flu Season (2019-2020)* | Person to person | Yes | 15,000,000 - 21,000,000 | 8,200 - 20,000 |
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*U.S. flu season estimates are preliminary and based on data from CDC’s weekly influenza surveillance reports summarizing key influenza activity indicators.
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Correction: An earlier version of this graphic included Hong Kong cases that were being monitored.
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