However, on January 19, 2020, the director of the Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention reassured the population by saying that the new virus was not very contagious, that it had limited human-to-human transmissibility and that it would not be difficult to prevent and contain disease.
Hata hivyo, ilikuwa hadi tarehe 19 Januari 2020 ambapo mkurugenzi wa Kituo cha Kudhibiti Magonjwa cha Wuhan aliwafariji wananchi kwa kusema kwamba virusi hivi vipya vina viwango vya chini vya maambukizi na uwezo wa chini wa kuzalishana kutoka kwa mtu hadi mwingine na kwamba si tatizo kuzuia na kudhibiti ugonjwa huu.