During the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020, multiple human cases of novel coronavirus infection were reported in relation to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market (South China Seafood City Food Market) in Wuhan, China. At 9 o’clock, January 7, 2020, the virus was identified as a novel coronavirus and officially named by the WHO as 2019-nCoV, the new coronavirus in 2019 1. On January 22, 2020, a total of 314 confirmed case have been reported, and 6 patient was reported to have died 2. On January 13, 16 and 21 respectively, Thailand, Japan and Korea confirmed the detection of a human infection with 2019-nCoV from China 2.
