The common cold - the hanta virus family — is this transmittable.
The Chinese virus is a corona virus, as are many cold viruses, and is not related to the hanta viruses. Most coronaviruses causemild illness. However, there are a few nasty onesin the family. Feline Infectious Peritonitis, FIP, is a corona virus that affects cats, and is always fatal. SARS was pretty worrisome for a while there.