China confirmed a strange viral pneumonia spread from person to person

The National Health Administration of China on January 20 confirmed that the strange strain of the respiratory disease in the country has spread from person to person, making some health workers ill.

According to Reuters, Xinhua quoted Chung Nam Son, a respiratory disease expert who heads the Chinese Ministry of Health's outbreak research team, confirming two new cases in Guangdong province. is transmitted from person to person.

The National Health Commission also found that some health workers had tested positive for the strain, according to China Daily.

Health workers carry a box at the hospital where patients with new coronavirus pneumonia are being treated, in Wuhan City, Hubei Province.(Photo: Reuters)

The statement was made in the middle of Chinese President Xi Jinping's affirmation that it will prevent the disease and put people's health first.

"The life and health of the people must be a top priority and must resolutely curb the spread of this disease," Reuters quoted Xi Jinping as saying on central television.

Human-to-human transmission can make the virus spread faster and wider, especially during the time when hundreds of millions of Chinese are moving across the country during the Chinese New Year holiday.

The outbreak is thought to have started with shoppers at a fresh food market in Wuhan City.

Chung also said the two newly infected people in Guangdong province were not from Wuhan City, but their family members had just returned from the city.

China on Tuesday announced its third case of death and confirmed 139 new cases of pneumonia over the weekend related to an unknown virus outbreak.

Chinese officials confirmed the cases of strange pneumonia virus were detected in Beijing and Guangdong province. These are the first two localities to have infected cases after Wuhan, the city with the first infected patients.

Wuhan City Health Department said it found 136 cases of the virus infected with Corona virus in the city over the past two weekends. China also recorded a third case of death from infection with this virus.

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