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What You Need to Know About the Wuhan Coronavirus - Consumer Reports
The coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan, China, at the end of last year has led to a global health emergency that includes a State Department “do not travel” to China advisory and quarantines for some U.S. citizens who return home from there.
The extraordinary steps being taken are part of an all-out effort to halt the virus, which has left 34,620 confirmed cases and at least 723 deaths in China, according to a Johns Hopkins University database that aggregates government data.
Those numbers far surpass the cases and deaths caused by SARS in China during the 2002 to 2003 outbreak. And there most likely are more cases in China—a shortage of test kits available to confirm a coronavirus diagnosis means the current count may fall short, according to The New York Times. The Feb. 6 death of an American in Wuhan infected with the new virus was also reported by the Times, the first known death of a U.S. citizen from the novel coronavirus.
The coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan, China, at the end of last year has led to a global health emergency that includes a State Department “do not travel” to China advisory and quarantines for some U.S. citizens who return home from there.
The extraordinary steps being taken are part of an all-out effort to halt the virus, which has left 34,620 confirmed cases and at least 723 deaths in China, according to a Johns Hopkins University database that aggregates government data.
Those numbers far surpass the cases and deaths caused by SARS in China during the 2002 to 2003 outbreak. And there most likely are more cases in China—a shortage of test kits available to confirm a coronavirus diagnosis means the current count may fall short, according to The New York Times. The Feb. 6 death of an American in Wuhan infected with the new virus was also reported by the Times, the first known death of a U.S. citizen from the novel coronavirus.