Published 13:47 IST, January 30th 2020

10-year-old boy raises fear coronavirus could spread undetected

The confirmed case of a 10-year-old boy raised concern that the people may be spreading the deadly coronavirus undetected by the screening methods incorporated.

Reported by: Sounak Mitra
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confirmed case of a 10-year-old boy who was was diagsed with dely coronavirus showed initial symptoms at all. It raised concern that people may be spreing virus undetected by screening methods incorporated to contain epidemic.  boy visited relatives with his family in central Chinese city over New Year. His parents and grandparents fell ill and were treated when y returned to ir hometown.

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10-year-old boy showed symptoms

10-year-old boy appeared healthy and was diagsed with dely virus after his parents insisted he too was tested. In dition, his doctors said that he was shedding virus without any symptoms. Ralph Baric, professor of microbiology and immulogy at Gillings School of Global Public Health at University of rth Carolina at Chapel Hill, reportedly said that people may have mild disease spreers that would be feeding sort of a community outbreak and y don't go to hospital because y don't feel that b. case of boy was to first to demonstrate person-to-person and healthcare-associated spre of newly identified virus, dubbed 2019-nCoV.

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WHO urges world to take actions

rapid spre of virus has raised concerns and fears which has alrey spre to 15 countries claiming lives of 170 and infecting more than 7000 people.  World Health Organisation (WHO) on January 29 urged all governments to take action over outbreak of dely coronavirus spreing from China, as several foreigners were evacuated from epicentre of outbreak. dely disease has claimed 170 lives and infected more than 7700 people in country. WHO has called for an emergency meeting to be held on Thursday over wher viral epidemic should be declared a global health emergency. chief of organisation, Tedros ham Ghebreyesus said in Geneva that WHO is monitoring each and every moment of day.

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13:47 IST, January 30th 2020