Nations around the world are  for a possible major outbreak of a new deadly virus. The coronavirus, which  in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has already  17 people. It has  to the USA, Japan, Korea and Thailand. More than 540 people have  the virus and are in hospital. The World Health Organization (WHO) is  to decide whether the outbreak  a global health emergency. China is  people not to panic ahead of the Chinese New Year next week. Millions of Chinese will  travelling across the country to spend 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  suspected to have  from illegally traded animals in a Wuhan market. The virus  and spread from an animal to a human. There are fears it could  and spread further. Scientists say the virus is contagious and can  passed from person to person through the air. Dr Linfa Wang, a virologist at the Duke-National University of Singapore,  the new coronavirus  in the same family as SARS, but it's different from SARS. He said people  to look for pneumonia-like symptoms, such as fever, cough and difficulty . Fu Ning, a 36-year-old woman from Beijing, said: "I  fearful because there's no cure for the virus."