Scientists: the Coronavirus mutated and became even more contagious than

Coronavirus mutated and increased level of infectiousness. Now one patient can infect up to four people, said the Dean of the medical school of HKU, Professor Gabriel Leung, writes South China Morning Post.

According to experts, due to a mutation of the DNA virus increased the infection rate by 30%. So, if in March the number of people who were infected by one patient increased from 2.5 to three people, and now it has increased to four.

Leung advises the government of Hong Kong coronavirus.

According to the latest data, in the world infected with coronavirus 16.9 million died 664 thousand.