Six people are now reported to have died after being infected with a new virus spreading in China. The virus, which is of the same family as SARS and MERS , can be transmitted between people, the country’s health ministry has confirmed.

The two latest reported deaths from the virus were that of a 66-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman in Wuhan, according to the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission . Sixty new cases were reported in the region on 20 January. Among them, fifteen …