Chinese state media reported Friday the coronavirus has claimed the lives of 25 people and infected hundreds.

The pneumonia-like illness, first reported on December 31 to the World Health Organization (WHO), originated in Wuhan, a city with a population of 11 million. Transportation in and out of the city has been closed, while nearby Huanggang and Ezhou were placed under quarantine also.

Workers at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan have been linked to the coronavirus. The Chinese market sells 112 live animals, including snakes, rats, peacocks, foxes, porcupines, camel meat, and bats.

In 2015, bats were identified as the carrier of coronavirus and SARS by scientists, but that doesn’t stop people from eating bat soup, a delicacy in China and enjoyed by all ages.

Other reports name the highly venomous Chinese krait and cobra as the original source of the coronavirus.

The first case of coronavirus in the U.S. was reported Thursday. A man was diagnosed with the Wuhan coronavirus near Seattle on Thursday, after arriving in the United States on January 15, at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, before the health screenings were implemented at U.S. airports.

The Centers for Disease Control announced five U.S. airports will screen passengers for the virus: John F. Kenneday International Airport, Chicago O’Hare International Airport, San Francisco International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, South America, and Taiwan have reported incidents of coronavirus.

People who have contracted the virus had symptoms of chills, fever, headaches, sore throat, and some complained of difficulty breathing.