Wuhan virus: Seafood market may not be only source of novel coronavirus, says expert

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BEIJING (XINHUA) - The seafood market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan may not be the only source of the novel coronavirus outbreak, according to a Chinese pulmonary disease specialist.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BEIJING - The seafood market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan may not be the only source of the novel coronavirus outbreak, according to a Chinese pulmonary disease specialist.

Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital is one of the city's designated hospitals to admit patients infected with the new virus. The first patient, who was admitted to Huang's hospital on Dec 1, 2019, had no direct exposure to Wuhan's Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which was previously considered as the source of the epidemic, and his family had no fever or respiratory symptoms, according to the paper.

"Judging from the whole situation, the seafood market may not be the only source. might be multi-source," Prof Huang said.The Huanan seafood market is located in the downtown area of the city's Jianghan District, less than 1km from Hankou railway station.

 

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