The mysterious coronavirus has left two dead and at least 44 people across Thailand, Japan and China sick with pneumonia-like symptoms, causing some worries about another SARS-like outbreak. The coronavirus outbreak originated in December at a seafood market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where 11 million people live. The three individuals had travelled from Wuhan, but alarmingly, two have had no contact with the seafood market believed to be the origin. It hasn’t been determined if the second Chinese woman, 74, in Thailand had visited the seafood market due to a language barrier. The Chinese man, who’s in his 30s, that Japanese authorities discovered, said he didn’t visit the seafood market.

Source: National Post January 17, 2020 23:38 UTC