Some coronavirus patients experience nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea before they get a fever. They could spread the virus through poop.

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• Some patients with the new coronavirus first detected in Wuhan, China, experience nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea.
• Though the virus primarily causes fever or difficulty breathing, these rarer symptoms sometimes appear first.
• In one case, a coronavirus patient was placed in the wrong ward because they only showed abdominal symptoms. They spread the virus to 14 other people there.
• Like SARS, the new coronavirus could spread through poop.
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The deadly new coronavirus that has spread from the city of Wuhan, China is giving some patients nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

The coronavirus is part of a family of respiratory illnesses that includes the common cold, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). Patients often show pneumonia-like symptoms, especially fever, cough, and difficulty breathing.

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