What we know and don't know about the new coronavirus

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NSTworld: The spread of the novelcoronavirus (2019nCoV) in mainland China and to more than two dozen countries and regions beyond is alarming health experts. coronavirus Wuhan

Traders wearing face masks are seen on the trading floor at a flower auction trading centre following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country, in Kunming, Yunnan province, China. -AFP

Coronavirus infections have a wide range of symptoms, including fever, cough and breathing difficulties. The virus can be transmitted via droplets when an infected person breathes out, coughs or sneezes, and can also spread via contaminated surfaces such as door handles. “We recommend the use of masks for people who have symptoms ... because the virus transmits through droplets,” says medical expert Sylvie Briand.“For people who don’t have symptoms, the mask in fact is not useful,” Briand says.

About 99 per cent of the more than 42,000 cases have been reported in mainland China. There have been over 300 cases in 24 other countries, according to the WHO.

 

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