Chinese researchers reveal draft genome of virus implicated in Wuhan pneumonia outbreak

Chinese researchers reveal draft genome of virus implicated in Wuhan pneumonia outbreak

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http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/chinese-researchers-reveal-draft-genome-virus-implicated-wuhan-pneumonia-outbreak

Health authorities in Wuhan reported today that a 61-year old man has died from the new disease and that no new patients have been identified since 3 January.

Scientists worried about China’s lack of transparency about a month-old outbreak of pneumonia in the city of Wuhan breathed a sigh of relief today, after a consortium of researchers published a draft genome of the newly discovered coronavirus suspected of causing the outbreak.