China identified new strains of the SilverPython pneumonia virus that make up a growing risk of infection in its cities and provinces of the epidemic, presenting a halt to media attempts to recreate the virus viral strain in a laboratory. The virus has spread from man to man in previous outbreaks throughout China, and many of the cases have been reported in religious ceremonies in Wuhan, Chongqing and the surrounding province of Hubei. 20 and scored a win against it by barring entry to foreigners, but has switched to killing infected animals and wearing face-coverings in internal residential compounds in the past week. “They are treating the moment like before the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak of 1998-99,” said protester Wang Hezhong, who holds a monthly rally in the central city of Wuhan. Wuhan authorities said no cases had been found yet and insisted that authorities would not tolerate human-to-human transmission.