The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: EC on May 12, 2013, 06:20:17 pm
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Per the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22502143
The World Health Organization says it appears likely that the novel coronavirus (NCoV) can be passed between people in close contact.
This comes after the French health ministry confirmed a second man had contracted the virus in a possible case of human-to-human transmission.
Two more people in Saudi Arabia are also reported to have died from the virus, according to health officials.
NCoV is known to cause pneumonia and sometimes kidney failure.
World Health Organization (WHO) officials have expressed concern over the clusters of cases of the new coronavirus strain and the potential for it to spread.
Excerpted. More at link.