Completar frases reading activityVersión en línea Complete a text related to covid-19. When the text is completed you will understand the worrying situation that this virus has caused at the beginning around the world and how this virus is now. por Alejandra Olave 1 already decide cough spend contagious caught suspended possible cure mutated traded family Nations around the world are preparing for a major outbreak of a new deadly virus . The coronavirus , which started in the Chinese city of Wuhan , has killed 17 people . It has spread to the USA , Japan , Korea and Thailand . More than 540 people have the virus and are in hospital . The World Health Organization ( WHO ) is meeting to whether the outbreak is a global health emergency . China is urging people not to panic ahead of the Chinese New Year next week . Millions of Chinese will be travelling across the country to the holiday season with their families . Meanwhile , the city of Wuhan has its public transport systems to help stop the spread of the virus . The new coronavirus is suspected to have come from illegally animals in a Wuhan market . The virus and spread from an animal to a human . There are fears it could mutate and spread further . Scientists say the virus is and can be passed from person to person through the air . Dr Linfa Wang , a virologist at the Duke - National University of Singapore , said the new coronavirus is in the same as SARS , but it's different from SARS . He said people needed to look for pneumonia - like symptoms , such as fever , and difficulty breathing . Fu Ning , a 36 - year - old woman from Beijing , said : " I feel fearful because there's no for the virus . "