Information about 2019 Novel Coronavirus

A new breed of coronavirus that is responsible for the current outbreak of coronavirus in China and some parts of the world was identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China on December 2019. Towards the end of the first week of March 2020, over 100,000 people were infected with over 3,000 deaths recorded as a result of the virus infection.

It is not yet known which animal was responsible for the spread of the virus to humans. This is because coronaviruses are viruses which usually circulate animals. In some circumstances, some of these viruses jump from animals to humans thereby infecting humans.
This type of virus causes respiratory disease. Some people may experience mild symptoms whereas for others they might experience severe symptoms which can lead to death. This is especially the case of a person's lungs are affected.
It is not known how the virus is spread between humans or how it was spread from humans-to-humams during its initial spread.
While China is recording fewer cases of 2019-nCoV, the rest of the world is experiencing an upsurge of the disease especially in Italy and Iran. The disease is now pandemic as it has spread to over 100 countries. The majority of infection and deaths related to the coronavirus were recorded in China.