China Reports First Death From New Coronavirus

A new virus implicated in a pneumonia outbreak in central China killed a 61-year-old man there. It was the first death of the outbreak in the city of Wuhan, where 59 people have been quarantined. Chinese scientists discovered a new strain of coronavirus there this week.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Coronaviruses aren’t necessarily life-threatening but have been the underlying cause of public health crises, including severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, which killed hundreds of people after an outbreak in southern China in 2002 and 2003. The Wuhan viral outbreak seems to be less virulent and transmittable, according to the World Health Organization.

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