A mysterious virus has invaded Asia, scientists do not know what it is

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A mysterious virus has invaded Asia, scientists do not know what it is

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The Chinese health authorities are unable to identify the mysterious virus that has hit hundreds of people in the country so far and put the whole of Asia under alarm.

A total of 59 cases of mysterious pneumonia-like virus have been reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

Seven of the patients are in critical conditions, local authorities have reported.

All patients were quarantined and no deaths have been reported so far.

According to the World Health Organization, the symptoms of pneumonia are high fever, difficulty breathing and visible abnormalities in lung structure.

It first became known about the virus in December, initially thought to be the SARS virus that caused a pandemic across the continent at the beginning of the century.

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The SARS virus spreads across 37 countries across the globe, affects more than 8,000 people and causes the death of a total of 774 people in November 2002, July 2003.

The disease manifests with symptoms such as fever, cough, headache, dizziness and more.

On Sunday, authorities in the city of Wuhan announced that they had ruled out the possibility that the mysterious disease was the SARS virus, the coronavirus of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome, nor bird flu.

If not SARS, then what?

According to health authorities in Wuhan, the infection spreads sometime between December 12 and December 29, with some of the sick working in the city's seafood market.

Local media reported that the market was closed as early as January 1. In addition to seafood, it also sells meat from birds, rabbits and snakes, which leads people to fear that the infection may be transmitted by animals.

Professor David Hui Shu-chong, a respiratory expert at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, says it may be a previously unknown pneumonia virus.

The SARS virus, for example, is transmitted by civet, an animal that is considered a delicacy in some parts of China. Coronavirus of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome is transmitted from single humps.

Local health authorities say so far there is no evidence that the unknown virus is being transmitted from person to person. There are no sick employees at health facilities.

About 163 people were placed under strict medical control as they had contact with some of the patients.

People are still worried about an emerging epidemic, especially as the approaching lunar new year falls on January 25th.

During this period of the year, millions of Chinese travel home and abroad.

Professor Leo Poon of Hong Kong University says that the severity of the situation depends on whether the virus can be transmitted from person to person.

"If the virus is transmitted solely from animals to humans, then there is no cause for concern," he adds.

Asia under alarm

The situation in Wuhan has prompted authorities in many Asian countries to take preventative measures to prevent the outbreak of the virus.

In Hong Kong, 21 people have sought medical help with complaints such as fever and respiratory problems after a stay in Wuhan.

Everyone arriving from Wuhan is further checked out at the Hong Kong airport. The situation is similar in Singapore.

Authorities in South Korea have warned anyone planning to travel to a Chinese city to avoid eating meat and visiting local open markets.

The World Health Organization has announced that the information available so far is too scarce to discuss, whatever it is.