Coronavirus spreads like flu, not SARS

By Julie Steenhuysen
Updated February 20 2020 - 10:53am, first published 10:49am
Researchers say the new coronavirus behaves much more like influenza than other related viruses.
Researchers say the new coronavirus behaves much more like influenza than other related viruses.

Scientists in China who studied nose and throat swabs from 18 patients infected with the new coronavirus say it behaves much more like influenza than other closely related viruses, suggesting it may spread even more easily than previously believed.

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