New coronavirus can be passed on by humans

Medical staff carry a patient into the Jinyintan hospital, where patients infected with a new strain of Coronavirus in Wuhan, China, 18 January 2020 Source: EPA

A SARS-like virus that has spread across China has been found to be contagious among humans. Broadcast on the 21st of January 2020.

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Published 21 January 2020 6:37pm

Updated 15 August 2022 2:52pm

By Julia Carr-Catzel, Junko Hirabayashi

Source: SBS

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A SARS-like virus that has spread across China has been found to be contagious among humans. Broadcast on the 21st of January 2020.

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