Tag: human-to-human transmission

Germany confirms first human transmission of China virus; first human-to-human transmission in Europe

  A German man who contracted the novel strain of coronavirus was infected by a colleague visiting from China, officials said on Tuesday, in what appeared to be the first human-to-human transmission in Europe. Other confirmed cases in Europe of the viral outbreak have so far involved patients who had recently been to China. In this instance, the 33-year-old German attended a training session held by a visiting Chinese colleague on January 21 at the […]

‘Hundreds’ likely affected by Chinese virus: researchers

LONDON, United Kingdom   (AFP) — The number of people infected by a mystery SARS-like virus that has killed two people in China is likely hundreds more than officially reported, researchers have said. Chinese authorities have said pneumonia linked to the virus has hit at least 41 people in the country, with the outbreak centered around a seafood market in the central city of Wuhan. But a paper published Friday by scientists with the MRC Center […]