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<p>On 31 December 2019, Public Health England identified reports of an outbreak of
undiagnosed viral pneumonia in Wuhan City, People's Republic of China and on 2 January
2020, the Department was alerted to these reports.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 January 2020,
Ministers were formally notified of the outbreak of undiagnosed viral pneumonia in
Wuhan and provided with an update of its progression.</p><p> </p><p>The World Health
Organization posted a Disease Outbreak News (DON) item on 12 January which stated
that a novel coronavirus was detected in 41 patients with pneumonia in Wuhan City.
This DON can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-china/en/"
target="_blank">https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-china/en/</a></p><p>
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