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    Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that can infect humans and animals. Only 7 are known to infect humans. Some coronaviruses like SARS and MERS originated in animals like bats, civet cats, and camels before infecting humans. The new coronavirus strain, 2019-nCoV, first infected humans in Wuhan, China in January 2020 and has since spread globally through human-to-human transmission, infecting over 4,500 people and killing over 120 in its first 3 weeks. Coronaviruses can survive on surfaces for up to 1 minute.

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    Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that can infect humans and animals. Only 7 are known to infect humans. Some coronaviruses like SARS and MERS originated in animals like bats, civet cats, and camels before infecting humans. The new coronavirus strain, 2019-nCoV, first infected humans in Wuhan, China in January 2020 and has since spread globally through human-to-human transmission, infecting over 4,500 people and killing over 120 in its first 3 weeks. Coronaviruses can survive on surfaces for up to 1 minute.

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    Coronaviruses: 7th Jan - First Case Confirmed in Wuhan China

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    Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that can infect humans and animals. Only 7 are known to infect humans. Some coronaviruses like SARS and MERS originated in animals like bats, civet cats, and camels before infecting humans. The new coronavirus strain, 2019-nCoV, first infected humans in Wuhan, China in January 2020 and has since spread globally through human-to-human transmission, infecting over 4,500 people and killing over 120 in its first 3 weeks. Coronaviruses can survive on surfaces for up to 1 minute.

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    Coronaviruses

    Coronaviruses are a broad family of viruses,


    only 7 are known to infect people

    Coronaviruses have been passed to humans from


    animals
    SARS jumped from the civet cat into
    humans
    MERS regularly makes the jump from
    the dromedary camel

    Coronaviruses
    can cause symptoms
    ranging from a mild cold
    all the way through to death

    2019-nCoV, as it's been


    labelled, is understood to be a
    new strain of coronavirus that
    has not previously been
    identified in humans

    7th Jan - first case


    Wuhan
    confirmed in
    Wuhan China

    Within 3 weeks, over


    4500 cases had been
    confirmed, and over
    120 people killed

    In less than 1 month, the virus


    had spread to neighbouring
    Asian countries as well as to
    North America,
    Europe and Australia.

    scientists believe an
    animal source is the
    most likely primary
    source but human to
    human transmission
    has now occurred

    1 minute to kill
    Coronaviruses on surfaces

    secs

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