2019-nCoV Clusters In Wuhan

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More information being released on 2019-nCoV clusters in Wuhan.  This thread will tally details.

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Among the 41 cases currently diagnosed , one was found to be clustered in the family. The husband and wife developed the disease first, and the husband first developed the disease. He was an employee of the South China Seafood Wholesale Market. His wife denied a history of South China Seafood Wholesale Market exposure.

http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011509040

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Among the 41 cases currently diagnosed , one was found to be clustered in the family. The husband and wife developed the disease first, and the husband first developed the disease. He was an employee of the South China Seafood Wholesale Market. His wife denied a history of South China Seafood Wholesale Market exposure.

 

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[Wuhan Pneumonia] Wuhan South China Seafood Market Environmental Samples Detected Virus Couples and the Transmission of Humans or Objects Was Not Determined (16:26)

Figure 2-1-The mainland authorities in the South China seafood market believed to be the source of pneumonia in Wuhan, environmental samples are against the new crown... (Profile picture)

A pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus broke out in Wuhan. A government team from Hong Kong met with reporters this afternoon (15th) after a visit to Wuhan. Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Center for Health Protection, said that in the South China Seafood Market in Wuhan, which is suspected to be the source of the disease, environmental samples have been tested positive for the new coronavirus; a case of a couple infected by the mainland has not yet been identified. It is said that his wife became ill after he brought home items from the market and polluted the environment. She also pointed out that in addition to the couple's case, there was also a case of a three-person group in which the patients were a father and son and a son-in-law.

Zhang Zhujun said that of the 41 patients in Wuhan, seven adults had visited the South China Seafood Market, which is believed to be the source of the disease. The remaining patients reported that they had not been there or were "too serious to ask", and most of the patients appeared on the market for sale. The area of aquatic seafood is not for those who sell game. She said that in addition to living together, the three patients in the three-person group also operated stores in the South China Seafood Market. The onset time was relatively short. It is believed that they may be more likely to be jointly exposed to the virus and less likely to be transmitted from person to person. However, she said that during the inspection, she did not ask in detail what the three patients were selling in the market. "The question was missed." Therefore, she was not sure. They could only infer that they were also selling aquatic products.

A couple who was defined as a family group case, Zhang Zhujun initially only said that her husband developed the disease first, and his wife developed the disease "every few days". After questioning, she said that "there was no question to be clear". It is believed that the conversation between the mainland personnel occurred about 5 days apart. She also did not ask whether the condition of the wife, who was later affected, was more severe or milder than that of her husband.

Zhang Zhujun pointed out that environmental samples from the South China seafood market, including the ground, table tops, and gloves, were positive for the new coronavirus, and the samples came from areas where aquatic products were sold. She said that although human-to-human cases of infected couples could not be ruled out at this stage, it is also possible that the husband brought home the virus-carrying items from the market, which polluted the home environment and infected his wife.

https://news.mingpao.com/ins/港聞/article/20200115/s00001/1579076442327/【武漢肺炎】武漢華南海鮮市場環境樣本驗出病毒-夫婦發病未確定人傳人或物件

Edited January 15, 2020 by niman

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She also pointed out that in addition to the couple's case, there was also a case of a three-person group in which the patients were a father and son and a son-in-law.

Zhang Zhujun said that of the 41 patients in Wuhan, seven adults had visited the South China Seafood Market, which is believed to be the source of the disease. The remaining patients reported that they had not been there or were "too serious to ask", and most of the patients appeared on the market for sale. The area of aquatic seafood is not for those who sell game. She said that in addition to living together, the three patients in the three-person group also operated stores in the South China Seafood Market. The onset time was relatively short. It is believed that they may be more likely to be jointly exposed to the virus and less likely to be transmitted from person to person. However, she said that during the inspection, she did not ask in detail what the three patients were selling in the market. "The question was missed." Therefore, she was not sure. They could only infer that they were also selling aquatic products.

Edited January 15, 2020 by niman

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China coronavirus outbreak: five members of two families among 41 people infected in Wuhan

• Father, son and cousin who lived in the same house and ran a stall at the seafood market at the centre of outbreak among those hit, authorities say
• Seafood trader and his wife also being treated, despite woman never having visited the market

 

Zhuang Pinghui in Beijing andNg Kang-chung

Published: 2:16pm, 15 Jan, 2020

 

 

 

A man leaves a treatment centre in Wuhan, where 41 people have tested positive for the new strain of the coronavirus. Photo: AFP

 

Health officials have revealed that three members of the same family were among the 41 people that contracted the newly identified 

coronavirus

 in the central China city of Wuhan, adding that they have neither confirmed nor ruled out the possibility of human-to-human transmission.

The three men – a father, his son and a cousin – lived together and ran a seafood stall at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which is widely thought to have been where the pneumonia outbreak started, Wuhan officials told visiting health experts from 

Hong Kong

.

In an update released early on Wednesday, the officials said also that a husband and wife were among those affected. But while the husband worked at the seafood market as a trader, his wife had never even visited it.

Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, one of the Hong Kong experts, said she was told there was no definitive evidence of human-to-human transmission and that no health care workers had been infected.

 

 

While the possibility of “limited” human-to-human transmission could not be ruled out, the risk of sustained human-to-human transmission was low, she said.

 

“The three men fell ill around the same time. As such, perhaps, they were not classified as human-to-human transmission cases within a family,” Chuang said.

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She said the visiting experts had two meetings with local officials but did not visit the market.

 

Wuhan pneumonia: how the search for the source unfolded

15 Jan 2020

According to health professionals, “limited” human-to-human transmission may occur under certain circumstances such as close contact between an infected person and an unprotected carer. However, limited transmission under such restricted circumstances does not mean that the virus spreads easily among humans.

 

Health authorities in Wuhan became aware of the coronavirus outbreak last month after several people – mostly vendors, suppliers and frequent visitors to the market – fell ill with pneumonia.

One person has since 

died

 from the disease.

 

As well as the infections in Wuhan, 76 suspected cases had been reported in Hong Kong as of Wednesday, of which 66 were later given the all-clear and discharged from hospital.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3046173/china-says-human-transmission-not-ruled-out-wuhan-coronavirus

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While preliminary investigations indicate that most of the patients had worked at or visited a particular seafood wholesale market, one woman may have contracted the virus from her husband, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission said in a public notice.

The commission said the husband, who fell ill first, worked at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market. Meanwhile, the wife said she hasn’t had any exposure to the market.

It’s possible that the husband brought home food from the market that then infected his wife, Hong Kong health official Chuang Shuk-kwan said at a news briefing. But because the wife did not exhibit symptoms until days after her husband, it’s also possible that he infected her.

https://apnews.com/89facb95962d7d20d1377ae0c2ac0eed

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New type pneumonia, infection from father or Chinese man stays at home in Wuhan ...

1/16 (Thursday) 22:40 delivery

　A case of viral pneumonia of unknown cause, which was confirmed for the first time in Japan in Wuhan City , Hubei Province in central China, was the first confirmed problem in Japan. On the 16th, it was found that they had been in close contact with each other. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is examining the situation in detail, alleging that people have been infected. 　The 30-year-old man from Kanagawa Prefecture who returned to Japan after staying in Wuhan was infected. The same novel coronavirus that was detected in China was identified. 　According to officials, his father living in Wuhan also developed new types of pneumonia . Until the man returned, he had close contact with his father at home. 　Many patients are said to be involved in the seafood market in Wuhan, but the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has said that men have not stopped by the market. On the other hand, there are no patients suspected of having secondary infections in Japan, including those living together with men, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare considers that "the likelihood of transmission is low".

https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20200116-00000606-san-hlth

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New type pneumonia, infection from father or Chinese man stays at home in Wuhan ...

January 16, 2020 22:41Sankei News

　A case of viral pneumonia of unknown cause, which was confirmed for the first time in Japan in Wuhan City, Hubei Province in central China, was the first confirmed problem in Japan. On 16th, it was found that they had been in close contact with each other. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is examining the situation in detail, alleging that people have been infected.

　The 30-year-old man from Kanagawa Prefecture who returned to Japan after staying in Wuhan was infected. The same novel coronavirus that was detected in China was identified.

　According to officials, his father living in Wuhan also developed new types of pneumonia. Until the man returned, he had close contact with his father at home.

　Many patients are said to be involved in the seafood market in Wuhan, but the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has said that men have not stopped by the market. On the other hand, there are no patients suspected of having secondary infections in Japan, including those living together with men, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare considers that "the likelihood of transmission is low".

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3. Related situation of close contacts of confirmed cases abroad

Seventeen Thai close contacts of the first confirmed patients were tracked, all of which were included in medical observations. One of them had symptoms of low fever and mild cough, and has been transferred to designated hospitals for treatment. Personnel information, tracking of close family contacts is under way; 4 cases of close family contacts have been tracked for patients with confirmed cases notified in Japan, all of which have been included in medical observation.

http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011809065

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After visiting the city, Zhong Nanshan, director of the State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease and a specialist in 

severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars)

, said human-to-human transmission was not only behind at least one confirmed case in Wuhan but also infections in two families in Guangdong province.

He said 14 medical staff contracted the virus from one carrier.

“The key to controlling the spread of the disease now is about preventing the emergence of a super-spreader [of the virus],” Zhong said, referring to infected patients who quickly help spread the virus, especially among medical workers.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3046908/new-china-virus-likely-human-transmission-stage-infections

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Human-to-human link to some cases of new China virus, Sars expert says

• Priority now must be to stop emergence of ‘super-spreader’, with one carrier already infecting more than a dozen medical personnel, specialist says
• Authorities in Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, report a third death and more than 130 new cases over the weekend

 

Gigi Choy andAlice Yan

Published: 9:40pm, 20 Jan, 2020

 

 

 

The central Chinese city of Wuhan reported more than 130 cases of the virus over the weekend alone. Photo: Weibo

 

One of China’s leading specialists in communicable diseases has warned that human-to-human transmission is responsible for some cases of a 

previously unknown coronavirus

 that has killed three people in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

After visiting the city, Zhong Nanshan, director of the State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease and a specialist in 

severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars)

, said human-to-human transmission was not only behind at least one confirmed case in Wuhan but also infections in two families in Guangdong province.

He said 14 medical staff contracted the virus from one carrier.

“The key to controlling the spread of the disease now is about preventing the emergence of a super-spreader [of the virus],” Zhong said, referring to infected patients who quickly help spread the virus, especially among medical workers.

 

 

According to Zhong, a top priority now should be for Wuhan – a city of 11 million people in the central province of Hubei – to curb the disease’s spread, in part by banning people with symptoms from leaving the city.

 

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He said that a number of the cases in Guangdong involved patients who had not travelled to Wuhan.

 

“At present, there is no special cure for this new coronavirus and [we are] conducting some tests with animals,” Zhong said. “We expect the number of infected cases will increase over the Lunar New Year travel period and we need to prevent the emergence of a super-spreader of the virus.”

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Zhong’s warning came as Chinese President Xi Jinping called on officials to do everything they could to stop the disease.

 

State broadcaster CCTV quoted Xi as saying that the virus must be “resolutely contained” and “the safety of people’s lives and their physical health should be given top priority”.

Premier Li Keqiang also announced the creation of a national leading group to coordinate the fight against the disease.

 

The virus, which causes 

pneumonia-like symptoms and had sickened 218 people in China

 as of Monday night, is thought to have 

originated

 in a seafood and animal meat market in Wuhan.

Earlier on Monday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) also warned that human-to-human transmission might have been behind the infection cases in China but it did not change its earlier advice that it did not see grounds to restrict travel to or trade with China.

The WHO China office said a team of experts was meeting officials in Wuhan to discuss the outbreak.

“The mission is part of ongoing information sharing between the government of China and the WHO,” a spokesman said.

In statements via Twitter earlier on Monday, the WHO said: “An animal source seems the most likely primary source of this novel coronavirus outbreak, with some limited human-to-human transmission occurring between close contacts.”

Wuhan medical authorities said on Monday that a third patient had died from the infection at a hospital in the city, while also announcing a jump of more than 130 new cases alone over the weekend, taking Wuhan’s total to 198.

China reports third death from Wuhan virus and new cases of the mystery illness in other cities

The number of new cases showed there was human-to-human transmission, Guan Yi, director of the State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases at the University of Hong Kong, Beijing-based news outlet Caixin reported on Monday.

“I admit that the virus did not pass from person to person in the early stage, but the situation has evolved for more than a month, and the number of new cases has risen. ‘Human-to-human’ is no longer a word game,” Guan was quoted as saying.

Guan’s work led to the identification of the Sars coronavirus, which killed more than 700 people around the world in a 2002-03 outbreak that originated in China, according to the university’s website.

“The virus’ ability to spread and adapt to the population, as well as its onset and pathogenicity, is similar to the way Sars developed in the early stage,” Guan said in the Caixin report. “I hope we can learn from the lessons of Sars and hope we don’t approach prevention and control of the [current] situation in a similar way as Sars, otherwise it will negatively affect people and the world.”

University of Hong Kong microbiologist Ho Pak-leung said the transmission methods and origins of the new cases on the mainland had not been disclosed.

“That means it’s likely that those cases were spread through limited human-to-human transmission, which has some connection with the movement of people,” Ho said.

“Wuhan’s top travel destinations are Bangkok, Hong Kong and Tokyo. With imported cases reported in two of those three cities, it is only a matter of time for Hong Kong to have a [confirmed] case.”

Ho also welcomed the new measures unveiled by the Hong Kong government on Monday, which include health declaration forms at the airport for visitors arriving on direct flights from Wuhan, and a requirement for local doctors to report suspected cases among people who have visited Hubei – and not just Wuhan – in the last 14 days.

 

Wuhan pneumonia: how the search for the source of the mystery illness unfolded

20 Jan 2020

China’s National Health Commission said five people in Beijing had been confirmed as 

infected

, along with one in Shanghai and 14 in Guangdong, a province bordering Hong Kong. Another six people throughout the country were suspected as having the virus.

Meanwhile, Taiwanese health authorities said a one-year-old boy suspected of having the virus was being treated in a hospital isolation ward.

“Doctors have already sent the samples of the pathogen for testing, and the results will be known within days,” a spokeswoman for the Taiwan Centres for Disease Control said.

Wuhan outbreak: Thailand confirms first case of virus outside China

Reports that the virus was spreading raised particular concern with hundreds of millions of people travelling across China this week for the Lunar New Year holiday. Wuhan itself has a population of about 11 million people – more than New York or London – and is one of the country’s major rail hubs.

The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday that the infection was “preventable and controllable”. The virus was not Sars, the centre said on Saturday.

The WHO’s comments about some limited human-to-human transmission in the Wuhan virus is a shift from previous statements in which the body and China’s health authorities said they had found no evidence of human-to-human transmission but could not rule it out.

In a written response to the South China Morning Post early on Monday, the WHO China office said there was “no clear evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission” and it had no information on medical staff being infected by the virus.

“To date, Chinese authorities have reported no infections among health care workers, which is an indicator used to ascertain the transmissibility of a disease (or the degree to which a disease is contagious), as health care workers are among the more exposed groups,” it said.

 

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18 Jan 2020

The WHO said China had reported 139 new cases of the coronavirus to the organisation over the previous two days.

The agency attributed the jump to “increased searching and testing” for the virus among people showing symptoms of respiratory illness.

Confirmation of infections in other cities in China came as several countries and regions in Asia reported finding the virus in visitors since the Wuhan medical authorities first raised the alert on December 30 about what was then a mystery illness.

South Korea confirmed on Monday that a woman who had arrived from Wuhan had the virus. Two Chinese tourists in Thailand and a Chinese man working in Japan had previously been confirmed as infected. Authorities in Singapore, Vietnam, Nepal, Hong Kong and Taiwan have said they are monitoring a number of suspected cases.

No deaths have been reported overseas among the infected.

China identifies new coronavirus behind Wuhan pneumonia outbreak

The US on Friday began 

screening travellers

 from Wuhan at airports in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles.

“I think that this is a situation where we’re going to see additional cases all around the world as people look for it more,” Nancy Messonnier, director of the US’ National Centre for Immunisation and Respiratory Diseases, a branch of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said on Saturday.

“I think it’s highly plausible that there will be at least a case in the United States, and that’s the reason we’re moving forward so quickly with this screening,” she said, adding that the threat to the general public was “low”.

In its statement, the WHO said it “is proposing studies on the novel coronavirus that can be done in China and elsewhere to better understand transmission, risk factors and where the virus is”.

“These studies take time and resources” it said, noting that some of these studies were already under way.

Messonnier, at the CDC, said: “We don’t have all the information at the level of detail that our scientists would prefer. You know CDC scientists, and we, want to see every titbit of data ourselves, and that’s not the situation we’re in right now. We are in more of a waiting mode, waiting to see what our colleagues from China are releasing.”

Wuhan’s health authorities said the city’s third death from the virus had occurred on Saturday, and reported 59 new infections on Saturday and 77 on Sunday.

The two infected people in Beijing had recently travelled to Wuhan, according to the Daxing district health committee. They were under quarantine in hospital and in a stable condition, The Beijing News reported.

People who had come into close contact with the two patients were under medical observation and had not had fever-like symptoms, the local health authority said.

The health authority for Shenzhen in the southern province of Guangdong said its first confirmed case was a 66-year-old man. He had visited relatives in Wuhan at the end of last month and developed fever and fatigue on January 3. He went to a doctor in Shenzhen the next day, then was admitted to hospital, where he was quarantined, on January 11.

His condition was stable and the authority was monitoring people who had been in close contact with him, the authority said.

The Zhejiang health authority said that the five patients it had reported as showing symptoms had recently visited Wuhan.

In Malaysia, authorities were on “high alert” for the disease, with response teams at all international arrival entry points.

Additional reporting by Lawrence Chung in Taipei and Victor Ting

This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as: Wuhan virus ‘is now spreading via people’

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3046908/new-china-virus-likely-human-transmission-stage-infections