officials say the 61—year—old shopped regularly at the seafood market, and that it was the source of the virus. it has been sealed off by police and disinfected. the outbreak began in december in the central city of wuhan, home to more than 11 million people. the man was initially taken here with flulike symptoms stop officials say around 40 more people are affected. some of them ina 40 more people are affected. some of them in a critical condition. but that many hundreds of others have come into contact with an infected person. chinese health officials insist the situation is in hand. translation: it is largely under control. most patients are showing lighter symptoms and some of them have already been discharged. officials say they have managed to sequence officials say they have managed to sequence this virus' genetic structure and that it is from the same family as sars, severe acute respiratory syndrome. in 2003, chinese officials were accused of trying to cover up a sars outbreak