Japan Isolates Wuhan Coronavirus, Will Share Findings with Researchers and Companies interestingengineering.com

On Friday, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases announced that it has succeeded in cultivating and isolating the Wuhan coronavirus, reported the Japan Times.
Now that it has isolated the virus, the institute can begin developing a vaccine and a drug for the coronavirus.
RELATED: LATEST UPDATES ON WUHAN'S DEADLY CORONAVIRUSThe institute will also share the isolated virus with researchers and other companies.
The researchers found that 99.9% of the isolated virus gene matched those released by the Chinese government.
Across the country, there were 2,590 new confirmed infections on Saturday, bringing the total number of infected people to 14,380, according to China’s National Health Commission.