Wuhan shrimp seller may be coronavirus 'patient zero' and says bug 'came from toilet'A shrimp seller at the live animal food market believed to be at the centre of the coronavirus pandemic has been identified as one of the first victims of the virus.The 57-year-old woman, named by Wall Street Journal as Wei Guixian, is believed to be "patient zero" - the first person to test positive for Covid-19. Wei was selling shrimp at Huanan Seafood Market in the central city of Wuhan when she developed what she thought was a cold on December 10, Chinese outlet The Paper report. Wei may have been “patient zero” at the market but she may not have been the first person to have contracted coronavirus in China. She said: "He (the patient) lived four or five buses from the seafood market, and because he was sick he basically didn't go out.". SEE ALSO :Travelers to be screened for ‘Chinese’ coronavirus- GovernmentDr Wenjuan added that several people showed signs of having Covid-19 days later but they also had no links to the market.

Source: Standard Digital March 29, 2020 11:48 UTC