“Recently, the number of confirmed cases of infection has increased significantly, and this is undoubtedly due to the fact that we are becoming more and more aware of this virus,” Li Bin quoted RIA Novosti as saying.
He also warned that there is the possibility of mutation of the virus.
According to him, the disease is transmitted primarily by airborne droplets.
Earlier it became known that the victims of a new type of coronavirus in China were nine people, another 440 people were infected.
It was also reported that the first case of this virus was recorded in the United States. The disease was diagnosed in one person in Seattle.