New virus related to SARS behind China's pneumonia outbreak
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The mysterious pneumonia outbreak that has hit hard many people in China is from the same family of viruses as the dangerous SARS, according to Chinese scientists. The entire genome sequence of this virus has been identified. A sample isolated from one of the patients shows "typical coronavirus appearance" under electron microscope. A new coronavirus has been found in 15 of 57 patients with the illness in Wuhan.
