Hong Kong and Taiwan are on high alert following a notice from Chinese authorities that 27 people contracted an “unknown viral pneumonia” in the central city of Wuhan.
With some netizens likening the outbreak to the deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic that killed almost 800 people in 2002-2003 after being covered up by Chinese authorities, the Hong Kong and Taiwan government have called for faster medical testing after Chinese authorities said they were yet to confirm the cause of the outbreak.
