SARS-like virus spreads in China, reaches SKorea

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 21, 2020 12:18 am

BEIJING: A new SARS-like virus has killed a third person, spread around China and has reached South Korea, authorities said Monday, fueling fears of a major outbreak as millions begin travelling for the Lunar New Year in humanity’s biggest migration.

Medical staff members carry a patient into the Jinyintan hospital, where patients infected by a mysterious SARS-like virus are being treated, in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on January 18, 2020. The true scale of the outbreak of a mysterious SARS-like virus in China is likely far bigger than officially reported, scientists have warned, as countries ramp up measures to prevent the disease from spreading. - China OUT / AFP / STR

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