By 2 January 2020, a new strain of coronavirus, designated (2019-nCoV) was confirmed in an initial 41 people hospitalised with the pneumonia, two-thirds of who had direct exposure to the market.[1][2][29][30] The earliest date for first symptoms was reported as 1 December 2019, in a person who did not have any exposure to the market or to the remaining affected 40 people.[4][31][32] In total, 13 of the 41 people had no link with the market, a significant figure according to infectious diseases specialist Daniel Lucey.[4][31][32]