China's new coronavirus - What we know so far

  • 4 years ago
An outbreak of a new coronavirus that began in the central Chinese city of Wuhan has killed 17 and infected nearly 600 people globally.

Global health authorities fear the transmission rate will accelerate as hundreds of millions of Chinese travel at home and abroad during the week-long Lunar New Year holiday.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it will decide on Thursday whether to declare a global emergency over the outbreak of the virus.