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Coronavirus: nine members of same family confirmed with disease in Hong Kong after sharing hotpot and barbecue meal | South China Morning Post
Nine of 10 new cases on Sunday had been to a family gathering on January 19 at the Lento Party Room in Kwun Tong
Health authorities warn of ‘major difficulties’ in tracing possible virus carriers because some might only show mild flu-like symptoms at early stage
Nine members of the same Hong Kong family have been infected with the deadly new coronavirus after sharing a hotpot and barbecue meal.
They made up almost all of the 10 positive cases reported in the city on Sunday after seven people – all members of the family – were confirmed late in the evening as having the infection. Earlier in the day, a 24-year-old male member of the family and his grandmother were confirmed to have the virus.
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The death toll from this new virus has already surpassed that of the SARS virus.
Nine of 10 new cases on Sunday had been to a family gathering on January 19 at the Lento Party Room in Kwun Tong
Health authorities warn of ‘major difficulties’ in tracing possible virus carriers because some might only show mild flu-like symptoms at early stage
Nine members of the same Hong Kong family have been infected with the deadly new coronavirus after sharing a hotpot and barbecue meal.
They made up almost all of the 10 positive cases reported in the city on Sunday after seven people – all members of the family – were confirmed late in the evening as having the infection. Earlier in the day, a 24-year-old male member of the family and his grandmother were confirmed to have the virus.
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The death toll from this new virus has already surpassed that of the SARS virus.