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What is the new coronavirus?

Updated on: March 18th, 2020

It’s a new strain of coronavirus — part of a large daily of viruses that can infect people and animals, and cause illness.

This most recently discovered type of coronavirus and the disease it causes were unknown before a human outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019.

Counting the new strain, there are now seven known coronaviruses that can infect people.

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