What we know so far about China’s coronavirus outbreak
It was last updated on Jan. 25, 8:50am ET, to note that 41 people have now died from the virus. A mysterious new virus that was first reported in the central Chinese city of Wuhan and has since spread to two other domestic cities and several countries in the Asian region is raising fears of an epidemic like the deadly SARS outbreak that hit the region nearly two decades ago. The virus surfaced just weeks before the all-important Lunar New Holiday, which sees hundreds of millions of Chinese travel to celebrate with family.
