Nations around the world are battling with a major outbreak of a new deadly virus. The
coronavirus, which started in the Chinese city Wuhan, on 22nd January 2020 has killed around
3,000 people from around the world. Countries affected include China, America, the UK and
Italy. It has also spread to many other places like Pakistan, Japan, Korea and Thailand. More
than 90,000 cases of people have caught the virus and are in hospital. The World Health
Organisation (WHO) has declared that this is a global health emergency. China has been on
lockdown for many weeks and people have not been to work school and all public transport has
been suspended. In other countries schools have been closed and people have told not to travel.
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The new coronavirus is suspected to have come from illegally traded animals in a Wuhan
market. The virus mutated and spread from an animal to a human. There are fears it could mutate
and spread further. Scientists say the virus is contagious and can be passed from person to person
through the air. Dr Linfa Wang, a virologist at the Duke-National University of Singapore, said
the new coronavirus is in the same family as SARS. He said people needed to look for
pneumonia-like symptoms, such as fever, cough and difficulty breathing. Fu Ning, a 36 year old
woman from Beijing, said: 'I feel fearful because there's no cure for the virus.'
Answer the following questions:
1. Which country did the virus come from and on what day it started?
2. Name two countries from where it started.
3. Where is the virus suspected to come from?
4. How is the virus passed from person to person?
5. What do you mean by illegal traded animals?
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1. The first human cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19, subsequently named SARS-CoV-2 were first reported by officials in Wuhan City, China, in December 2019.
4. Yes, some coronaviruses can be transmitted from person to person, usually after close contact with an infected patient, for example, in a household workplace, or health care centre. Studies to date suggest that the virus that causes COVID-19 is mainly transmitted through contact with respiratory droplets rather than through the air.
5. Some examples of illegal wildlife trade are well known, such as the poaching of elephants for ivory or tigers for their skins and bones. However, many other plant and animal species are similarly overexploited, from marine turtles to timber trees.Illegal wildlife trade is estimated to be a multibillion-dollar business involving the unlawful harvest of and trade in live animals and plants or parts and products derived from them. Wildlife is traded as skins, leather goods or souvenirs; as food or traditional medicine; as pets, and in many other forms.