4th Death Blamed On China Virus

BEIJING (AP) – Heightened precautions are being taken in China and elsewhere as governments strove to control the outbreak of a novel coronavirus that threatens to grow during the Lunar New Year travel rush. Anxieties grew after a Chinese government expert revealed on state television that the virus can be spread between humans. Authorities had previously said there was no evidence of that. The first cases were linked to a seafood market in Wuhan and animal-to-human transmission was suspected. So far, four people have died, and more than 200 have been infected. Most of the illnesses and all of the confirmed deaths have occurred in Wuhan. The cases in other Chinese cities and in Japan, South Korea and Thailand were connected to Wuhan as well.