Outbreak of Corona virus in CHINA
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A high-level expert team of China's National Health Commission confirmed people-to-people transmission of the novel corona virus and infection of medical staff at a press conference in Beijing on Monday.
The World Health Organisation panel will meet in Geneva on Wednesday to determine whether to declare the outbreak "a public health emergency of international concern" -- a rare designation only used for the gravest epidemics.
ABOUT CORONA VIRUS
The new corona virus strain, first discovered in the central city of Wuhan, China has caused alarm because of its connection to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, which killed nearly 650 people across mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002-2003.
The genome size of corona viruses ranges from approximately 26 to 32 Kilobases, the largest for an RNA virus.
ABOUT SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, also known as the MERS virus, was first reported in the Middle East in 2012 and also causes respiratory problems, but those symptoms are much more severe. Three to four out of every 10 patients infected with MERS died.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome also known as SARS, is the other corona virus that can cause more severe symptoms. First identified in the Guangdong province in southern China, according to the WHO, it causes respiratory problems but can also cause diarrhea, fatigue, shortness of breath, respiratory distress and kidney failure. Depending on the patient's age, the death rate with SARS ranged from 0-50% of the cases, with older people being the most vulnerable.
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