SEVEN DAYS

摘要

A total of 13 cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed globally. Seven of the patients have died, with the latest death being in Saudi Arabia, the World Health Organization said on 21 February. At least three cases have occurred in a family living in England, with two of them arising through human-to-human transmission, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in Stockholm said on 19 February. One of the UK cases has died and another is seriously ill, but the third shows only mild symptoms, suggesting that other mild cases of infection could be escaping detection.