The first victim of the corona virus, an elderly man suffering from Alzheimer's.

 Global distribution of corona virus as of March 2, 2020. (Source:   WHO)

   Identifying whoever was the first to answered a disease could answered important questions about whether it could produced and at any time, and why an outbreak begins.  Did we know who was the first patient to be infected with the Corona Virus in China? this answered was important to prevent people affected by the disease and could be a source of learning and information about solutions that occur in the future.

President joko widodo (left) accompanied by minister of health terawan agus putranto delivered a pressed conference related to the corona virus at the merdeka palace, jakarta, monday, marched 2, 2020.  (photo: antara / sigid kurniawan)

   Wuhan was the center of the spread of the Virus, with almost 82 percent of the more than 75,000 cases occurring in this city, according to statistics made by Johns Hopkins university.  However, a studied conducted by Chinese researchers published in the medical journal lancet, claimed the first case of the person detected by the COVID-19 Virus occurred on December 1, far earlier than the official statement issued by the government.  However, the person was known to had never been in contact with the hunan seafood wholesale market.

   Wu Wenjuan, a senior doctor at Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital and one of the authors of the studied, told the BBC Chinese service said the first patient was an elderly male suffering from Alzheimer's disease.  "the patient was left with four or five bus stops from the animal market in wuhan because he was sick, he did not came out," he said.

   He added, three other people showed signs of Corona virus - two of which had never been to the wuhan animal market.  However, researchers also found that 27 people from 41 samples of patients in the hospital at the beginning of the outbreak "had gone to the animal market in wuhan.

   According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the hypothesis that outbreaks originate from these markets and could be transmitted from lived animals to humans before spreading from human to human was still considered most likely.


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10 Past Tense Sentences w/ Introgative

1.) Transmitted from lived animals to humans before spreading from human to human. 

• ( ? ) What kinds caused the spread out?

2.) Researchers also found that 27 people from 41 samples of patients.

• ( ? )  How many the researchers that found the samples of patients?

3.) Wu Wenjuan, a senior doctor at Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital.

• ( ? ) Who was Wu Wenjuan?

4.) Wuhan was the center of the spread of the Virus.

• ( ? ) What was Wuhan?

5.) With almost 82 percent of the more than 75,000 cases occurring in this city.

• ( ? ) How many percent and cases in this (Wuhan) city?

6.) According to statistics made by Johns Hopkins University.

• ( ? ) Who made these statistics?

7.) Chinese researchers published in the medical journal lancet.

• ( ? ) Who was the publisher in the Medical journal lancet?

8.) First case of the person detected by the COVID-19 Virus occurred on December 1.

• ( ? ) What month the first case COVID-19 was found?

9.) The Person was known to had never been in contact with the Hunan seafood wholesale Market.

• ( ? ) Where was the person contact?

10.) The First Patient was an elderly male suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

• ( ? ) Who was the first patient?

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