Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should I see a doctor?
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by Sarah Boseley, Hannah Devlin and Martin Belam
Mar 05, 2020
2 minutes
What is Covid-19 – the illness that started in Wuhan?
It is caused by a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. Like other coronaviruses, it has come from animals. Many of those initially infected either worked or frequently shopped in the Huanan seafood wholesale market in the centre of the Chinese city.
What are the symptoms this coronavirus causes?
The virus can
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