US confirms second case of Wuhan coronavirus

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NSTworld: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday confirmed a second US case of the new coronavirus from China in a Chicago woman, and said as many as 63 potential cases were being investigated.

Of the 63 people under investigation from 22 states, 11 have so far tested negative, the CDC said on a conference call with reporters.

“CDC believes the immediate risk to the American public is low at this time, but the situation continues to evolve rapidly,” Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s Center for Immunisation and Respiratory Diseases, said on the call.Dr. Julie Gerberding, a Merck & Co executive who was CDC director during the 2003 SARS outbreak, said it is too early to predict the course the disease.

Picture uploaded to social media on January 25, by the Central Hospital of Wuhan show medical staff attending to patients, in Wuhan, China. -The Central Hospital of Wuhan Via Weibo /via ReutersDr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, said on a conference call that the woman is in stable condition and remains in an unnamed Chicago hospital primarily for infection control purposes.

 

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