New Scientist on 27th January...

"The virus is spreading more quickly than SARS. SARS took several months to cause a thousand cases... This has caused [almost] 3000 cases in three weeks.”

https://www.newscientist.com/articl...-more-contagious-than-initially-thought/

The Grauniad, updated on 9th Feb...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/22/where-has-coronavirus-spread