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

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.


Health workers are among those affected by the new coronavirus strain, which has killed three Chinese locals and affected four others across Thailand, Japan and South Korea.

In Queensland, a Brisbane man is being tested for a new strain of coronavirus virus amid concerns of an international epidemic.  Results may take a couple of days.


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