China virus latest: Second US infection confirmed
The virus has sickened more than 1,300 people in China and a handful in other countries. Nationwide, more than 400 new cases of the virus were diagnosed, officials said early Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in China to more than 1,370
Updates on the respiratory illness that has infected hundreds of people.
Travel in and out of the Chinese city of Wuhan has been suspended.
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Scientists are increasingly concerned about a new virus that has infected hundreds of people and can be deadly. The virus is a coronavirus, from the family that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS. It causes a respiratory illness, can spread from person to person and emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December.
Here’s the latest news on the outbreak.