COVID-19 update: Shrimp seller from Wuhan has been identified as 'Patient Zero'

A 57-year-old woman who worked as a shrimp seller from Wuhan seafood market has been identified as 'Patient Zero' as she was one of the first few people who was infected with coronavirus which has left thousands dead all over the world. It was on December 10 when Wei Guixian who used to work at the Huanan Seafood Market developed some initial symptoms. She got a cold.

She went to the local clinic and was given an injection. That did not do much for her. The symptoms persisted. The feeling of lethargy refused to subside. Then she visited the Wuhan Union Hospital where the doctors told her that her sickness was "ruthless" and that a few people from the market had shown similar symptoms.

She was then quarantined. Wei thinks she got the condition from a toilet she shared with other meat sellers.

The pandemic started from Wuhan in China and has spread throughout the world.

Various world leaders are trying to figure out a way to deal with the crises.

A few days ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping called on the US to take concrete steps to push forward cooperation to contain the coronavirus pandemic, and said he was concerned about the outbreak in America, pledging Beijings support. Xi and his US counterpart Donald Trump spoke by phone call in an attempt to ease tensions following weeks of finger pointing over the pandemic, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) newspaper said in a report.

Xi told Trump that China had been transparent and responsible in its release of information, including the gene sequence of the coronavirus, since the start of the outbreak, and had provided assistance to other nations, the SCMP report quoted China’s state broadcaster CCTV as saying. The call came in the wake of a grim milestone where the US has surpassed China, where the virus originated last December, in terms of confirmed cases.

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