The new flu virus which was discovered by Wuhan Hospital doctors two months ago now has speeded out over the whole country in Mainland China(PRC). It was confirmed that it is human to human transferable. Several people have died. Its characteristics has been proved to be 70% identical to the Hong Kong SARS that broke out 17 years ago.
More than 300 cases have been reported across the cities including Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai. The international health organization believes that the real total number of cases should be much more than the reported number by the Wuhan local government. It could be over 1700 cases.
The bad new is that the Chinese New Year is starting this week. Hundreds and thousands migrant workers are going home for new year’s celebration that will seriously add more pressure on disease control. It is believed that the virus will spread out even widely when those people are traveling within the country.
A few affected cases also were reported in overseas includingThailand, South Korea and Japan. It is expected that more cases are coming from everywhere in next several weeks and months. Until now, the authority still does not know the primary source of the virus.