New Disease Outbreak: Novel corona virus Grips China's Wuhan City

The Wuhan City of China is in a grip of a new disease outbreak caused by new respiratory virus called Novel corona virus, codenamed as 2019-nCoV.
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
2019-nCoV is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans.
The outbreak has so far killed two people in China and sickened at least 45 persons including overseas cases with some new cases being detected in the city.
It is believed to have contracted through exposure to animals market that sells seafood and meat in Wuhan.