(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 30 - The first cases of human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus 2019-nCoV date back to mid-December and therefore preceded even the notification of the first cases of the infection. This is indicated by the analysis that reconstructs the first stages of the epidemic, in which the infections have doubled every 7.4 days. Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the analysis is by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CoC). Experts analyzed data on the first 425 confirmed cases in Wuhan to determine the characteristics of the spread of coronavirus pneumonia (Ncip) in the population. "We have collected - the authors of the analysis write - information on demographic characteristics, history of contagions and times of disease of Ncip cases confirmed in the laboratory that had been reported within January 22, 2020".
Coronavirus: from December it passes man-man
2020-01-30T09:22:23.743Z
The first cases of human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus 2019-nCoV date back to mid-December and are therefore prior to the notification of the first cases of the infection. (HANDLE)
