- Preliminary data from Wuhan, China indicate some similar symptoms between first 41 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus and SARS.
- Another study published at the same time reports person-to-person transmission and inter-city spread of new coronavirus in six members of the same family in China, and researchers stress need for vigilant control measures.
The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) appears to cause similar symptoms to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and seems to be capable of spreading from person to person and between cities, according to the findings of two studies published in The Lancet.
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