NOVEL coronavirus outbreak is reported to be worsening since it first appeared in Wuhan city of China in December.

There have been over 1,200 confirmed cases of infected persons in China alone and reports highlighting scores of people in several countries who have contracted the deadly disease.

As a result, countries are investing in precautionary measures and steps are being taken to curb the outbreak.

While some countries are monitoring visitors coming into their country and managing suspected cases, in China where it all began, a new hospital is being built and several medical personnels are being sent to help manage cases of infected persons.

In the past days, there have been concerns over the outbreak of the virus which poses threat to the health of global community, if not probably managed.

The ICIR has gathered 10 facts about the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

The virus

The novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain of the virus unknown to science and has not been previously identified in humans.

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), scientists previously had knowledge of only six members of the broad family of coronaviruses which are divided into common and human coronavirus.

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