"With the flu, you're sick two days after you're exposed," said Monto, who worked in Beijing, China, during another coronavirus outbreak, the 2002-2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS, outbreak. READ MORE:* Four coronavirus cases confirmed in Australia* Specialists urge caution over Wuhan coronavirus* First case of deadly Chinese coronavirus in USIt's those people, he said, who could be spreading coronavirus to others on airplanes, in airports and to health care workers who treat their symptoms. ANTONIO PEREZ/AP A sales clerk at a Chicago pharmacy rings up a purchase of face masks amid fear of the coronavirus in the US. Three suspected novel coronavirus cases are under investigation in the US state of Michigan. Other cases of the novel coronavirus also have been identified in France, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and the United States.

Source: Stuff January 26, 2020 00:56 UTC