New Coronavirus Case in U.K. Suggests Human-to-Human Infection
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British health authorities identified an additional case of a new respiratory virus in a relative of a person diagnosed this week, suggesting person-to-person transmission of the lethal pathogen.
The patient, who is in intensive care in a hospital in Birmingham, has no recent travel history and has an existing health condition that may have made him or her more susceptible to respiratory infections, the Health Protection Authority said in a statement today, without specifying the medical condition or the patient’s gender or age.