Chinese Experts have confirmed that a new type of coronavirus is transmitted from person to person, said the head of the expert Commission of the state Committee on health Zhong Nanshan. the specialist added that there are also cases of infection of medical staff is currently aware of 14 cases of the doctors. at the end of December, Chinese authorities announced an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown causes in Wuhan, Hubei province. Experts had previously established that the causative agent was a new type of coronavirus - 2019-nCoV. as of January 20, the total number of infected in the city of Wuhan made up of 198 people, three died. Two cases of infection with coronavirus was approved in Beijing, and another 44 people in the capital of China are under observation in quarantine. in the provinces of Zhejiang and Guangdong under a quarantine placed 13 people. The virus has spread beyond China: the cases of infection with coronavirus new type recorded in South Korea, Japan and Thailand. The official representative of the Chinese foreign Ministry Geng Shuang told reporters that China supports close contacts with other countries and world health organization on the situation. <span style="color:darkgray