China: SARS-like virus could mutate; toll hits 9

China warned on Wednesday that a SARS-like virus could mutate and spread as the death toll rose to nine and the number of cases reached 440 across the country. The virus has been detected in some other Asian countries, and the United States confirmed its first case on Tuesday. The epicentre of the outbreak is the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/china-sars-like-virus-could-mutate-spread-further-death-toll-hits-9/articleshow/73508943.cms