the outbreak might be from a coronavirus that usually lives in bats. this infected another animal, possibly a pangolin. it then changed inside that other animal until it could infect humans. it possibly originated at a wet market, huanan seafood wholesale market. a 55-year-old person from hubei province was the first human to contract the virus on november 17, 2019. a 61-year-old man who was a regular customer at the market was the first person to die from the virus on january 11, 2020. the exact origin of the virus is still unknown since the market in wuhan sold a variety of live wild animals in cages. chinese tourists have spread the virus by traveling to other countries and made it a worldwide pandemic.