Tehran 22 January_China has warned a new virus that has infected hundreds of people across the country can mutate, as world countries take screening measures for travelers to prevent a global pandemic.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)-Health officials said Wednesday that it was clear “this virus is adapting and mutating.”
National Health Commission Vice Minister Li Bin said at a news conference there “is the possibility of viral mutation and further spread of the disease.”
The virus, which has so far killed nine people in China, originated in the central city of Wuhan, with a population of 11 million people, late last year, and has now infected more than 400 people in 13 Chinese provinces and municipalities, including in Beijing and Shanghai.
After it was confirmed that the virus is able to spread from humans to humans, officials in Wuhan called on people to avoid the city. They also cancelled a major Lunar New Year event to contain the outbreak of the illness.
Hundreds of millions of people are traveling in packed trains, planes, and buses across China for the holiday, which starts on Friday.
Wuhan’s Mayor Zhou Xianwang urged residents not to leave the city so that the possibility of transmission could be reduced.
“If it’s not necessary, we suggest that people don’t come to Wuhan,” Zhou also said.
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