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>
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>
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>
https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-china/en/<\/a><\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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