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China SARS-like virus contagious between people: Government expert

SARS-like virus has spread across the country

A top Chinese expert on infectious diseases has confirmed human-to-human transmission of a SARS-like virus that has spread across the country and reached three other Asian nations, state media reported Monday.

Zhong Nanshan, a renowned scientist at the national health commission who helped expose the scale of the 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), said human-to-human transmission is “affirmative”, said state broadcaster CCTV.

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Source: Financial Express