NOTHING CONCRETE YET: The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission suspects that the disease originated from animals that were sold at the Huanan Seafood City market
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 07, 2020
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday said that SARS and Middle East respiratory
Centers for Disease Control Director-General Chou Jih-haw speaks at a news conference at the centers in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Lin Hui-chin, Taipei Times
According to information received on Sunday night from the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission, 59 people have been diagnosed with the unspecified pneumonia, and seven of them had serious symptoms, CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said.
“The commission said all cases experienced onset of symptoms between Dec. 12 and Dec. 29 last year,” he said.
“Based on the report it sent to the WHO, it suspects the source of infection to be associated with animals sold at a local market, Huanan Seafood City,” Chuang said, adding that the market has temporarily been shut down. [FULL STORY]
