One of China's top health experts warns super-spreaders could worsen the impact of the new coronavirus strain, which can now be passed from human to human.
Professors Cheng and Subbarao said it remained unclear if super-spreaders would even be a factor in the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak because information was still emerging, including on the total number of potential infections.
"This is early days; we don't have a lot of information yet and we're all waiting to see more of the facts as they emerge in scientific publications," Professor Subbarao said.
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