Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

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JRPGfan said:

Patient Zero possibly found.
https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/patient-zero-at-wuhan-market-identified/3982744/

" The 57-year-old seafood merchant at Wuhan's Huanan market, who The Wall Street Journal have identified as a woman named Wei Guixian, first started to feel sick on December 10. Thinking she was getting a cold, she walked to a small local clinic to get some treatment and then went back to work - potentially spreading the virus to countless others."

"She has recovered since leaving hospital in early January, and told The Paper she believes she may have become infected via a toilet in the market that she shared with wild meat sellers."

China isnt so sure yet, and haveing identified 266 people who were infected in 2019, all of whom came under medical surveillance at some point.
While Ms Wei could be "patient zero" from the Huanan Market, the first person in Wuhan to contract the disease remains a mystery.

"Ms Wei was one of the first 27 patients diagnosed with COVID-19, and one of the 24 cases who had direct links to the Huanan Market. "

Ridiculous they're putting this women's name out there, making her a target