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THREAD: On the last day of 2019, the alert was raised over several cases of pneumonia in #Wuhan city, China. It wasn't until Jan 19 this year that the tally of confirmed cases and deaths started climbing cna.asia/2U4Ws3b /1
In the space of 6 days, the number of confirmed cases jumped to 890, and the number of deaths rose from 3 to 26. It was also during this time that China confirmed that #WuhanCoronavirus is contagious between humans cna.asia/37qGtQI /2
On Jan 25 - the first day of Chinese New Year - confirmed cases of #WuhanCoronavirus soared past the 1,000 mark and deaths almost doubled to 41 in a single day cna.asia/314p3r1 /3
The #WuhanCoronavirus - which is genetically more similar to SARS than MERS - has spread to more than 15 countries globally cna.asia/2GC5s7P /4
Situation now:
- Nearly 6,000 infected
- More than 130 dead
- Scientists scrambling to find out more about disease
- A viable vaccine is months away, at least

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