Quoted from a high-level panel of experts from the country's National Health Commission, the new Corona virus infection can be transmitted from one person to another, raising fears of a pandemic that coincides with the Chinese New Year celebrations that have seen the movement of millions, Xinhua news agency said.
The agency quoted head of the medical team, Jung Nanshan, as saying that two cases of transmission of the virus had been recorded from one person to another in the southeastern province of Guangdong, while the medical team also confirmed the transmission of the virus to health care workers.
On the other hand, China announced on Monday the death of a third person as a result of infection with the mysterious virus that began to appear last month, and the disease that appeared in December in a market in Wuhan (Central) reached three other Asian countries are Japan, Thailand and South Korea, and the number of infections It has - which has been confirmed - to 221 cases, including 217 in China.
Zheng Guang, head of the Epidemiology Department of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a Xinhua report that the outbreak could be controlled if immediate measures were taken.
Corona virus is similar in symptoms to pneumonia, symptoms include fever and respiratory problems, and is similar to the one that causes acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). It spread in China and spread to three Asian countries.