There may have been limited human-to-human transmission of a new coronavirus in China within families, and it is possible there could be a wider outbreak, the World Health Organisation said yesterday.

Coronaviruses are a large family of bugs that can cause infections ranging from the common cold to Sars. A Chinese woman has been quarantined in Thailand with a mystery strain of the disease, Thai authorities said. It is the first time the virus has been detected outside China.

In all, 41 cases of pneumonia have been reported in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, which preliminary lab tests cited by state media showed could be from a new type of coronavirus, and one patient has died. There have since been no new cases or deaths, Wuhan health authorities said yesterday.

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