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Man, 69, had been admitted to hospital with abnormal renal function and severe damage to organs | Man, 69, had been admitted to hospital with abnormal renal function and severe damage to organs |
A second person has died from pneumonia in the central Chinese city of Wuhan after an outbreak of a previously unknown virus, local health authorities have said. | A second person has died from pneumonia in the central Chinese city of Wuhan after an outbreak of a previously unknown virus, local health authorities have said. |
The 69-year-old man had been admitted to hospital with abnormal renal function and severe damage to multiple organs, the Wuhan municipal health commission announced. He died on 15 January. | The 69-year-old man had been admitted to hospital with abnormal renal function and severe damage to multiple organs, the Wuhan municipal health commission announced. He died on 15 January. |
At least 41 people have been diagnosed with pneumonia linked to the new virus, prompting authorities in Hong Kong to step up detection measures, including temperature checkpoints for inbound travellers. | |
Preliminary lab tests cited by state media showed the pathogen could be from a new type of coronavirus, a large family of viruses that can cause infections ranging from the common cold to deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars). | |
On Thursday Japan confirmed a man in his 30s had been infected with the virus, and a Chinese woman was quarantined in Thailand with a mystery strain of coronavirus. The World Health Organisation (Who) has warned a wider outbreak is possible. | On Thursday Japan confirmed a man in his 30s had been infected with the virus, and a Chinese woman was quarantined in Thailand with a mystery strain of coronavirus. The World Health Organisation (Who) has warned a wider outbreak is possible. |
The Wuhan health commission said late on Thursday that 12 people had recovered and been discharged from hospital but five others were in serious condition. | |
Two other cases have been detected – in Thailand and Japan – and health managers in both countries said the patients had visited Wuhan before being hospitalised. | |
Authorities in Wuhan said a seafood market was the centre of the outbreak. It was closed on 1 January. | |
The outbreak comes ahead of the lunar new year holiday in late January, when many of China’s 1.4 billion people travel to their home towns or abroad. | The outbreak comes ahead of the lunar new year holiday in late January, when many of China’s 1.4 billion people travel to their home towns or abroad. |
The Wuhan health commission also said no human-to-human transmission had been confirmed but the possibility “cannot be excluded”. | |
A Who doctor has said it would not be surprising if there was “some limited human-to-human transmission, especially among families who have close contact with one another”. | |
The woman diagnosed in Thailand had not reported visiting the seafood market, the Who said on Tuesday. She was reported to be in stable condition earlier this week. | |
The patient in Japan, who was released from hospital, had also not visited the market. Japanese officials said it was possible that he had been in contact with a person infected with the virus while in Wuhan. | |
The first confirmed fatality was a 61-year-old man in Wuhan who died of pneumonia after testing positive for the virus. | |
Memories remain fresh in Asia of a 2002-03 outbreak of Sars which emerged in China and killed nearly 800 people around the world. | Memories remain fresh in Asia of a 2002-03 outbreak of Sars which emerged in China and killed nearly 800 people around the world. |