New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- nNovel coronavirus ( 2019-nCoV) appears to cause similar symptoms to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and seems to be capable of spreading from person to person and between cities, according to the two papers published recently in the journal The Lancet. The studies offer some of the first rigorous analyses of patients who contracted nCoV that has broken out in China and spread to other countries.
SARS, was a viral respiratory disease caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Between November 2002 and July 2003, the eight month outbreak in southern China infected a total of 8,098 people, resulting in 774 deaths in 17 countries. In comparison, the nCoV outbreak had infected 4,515 people, with 106 reported dea...