IMPORTANT DETAILS ON 2019 nCoV ARD (February 3, 2020)

NOTE: The details below are excerpted and translated in English from the following Chinese articles in 新快报:

1. 钟南山：研究基本支持病毒来源于蝙蝠 疫情未来十天至两周或现高峰

2. 警惕！广州首次在门把手上发现新型冠状病毒核酸

3. 新型冠状病毒在空气中能存活多久？专家解答

4. 女子到汕头探亲发热咳嗽未报告 确诊后四人被立案

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WHAT SCIENTISTS KNOW ABOUT 2019 nCoV ARD.

The 2019 Novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Disease (2019 nCoV ARD) is one of the seven, and one of the three severe coronaviruses known to have infected humans. The other two categorized as severe are SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV. Please note that several coronaviruses are prevalent among mammals and birds, i.e. CoV-229E, CoV-OC43, CoV-NL63, and CoV-HKU1.