BEIJING — The head of a Chinese government expert team said Monday that human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in an outbreak of a new coronavirus. The Chinese National Health Commission task force also found that some medical workers have tested positive for the virus, the English-language China Daily newspaper said. Human-to-human transmission could make the virus spread more quickly and widely. Zhong said the two people in Guangdong had not been to Wuhan but family members had returned from the city, the China Daily said. “The recent outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan and other places must be taken seriously,” Xi said, according to CCTV.

Source: Huffington Post January 20, 2020 14:37 UTC