A plane evacuating 201 Americans from the Chinese city at the center of the virus outbreak continued on to Southern California after everyone aboard passed a health screening test in Anchorage.
In the U.S. so far, there are five confirmed patients, all of whom had traveled to the hardest-hit part of China — and no sign that they have spread the illness to anyone around them.
As China rolls out containment measures unprecedented in modern history, locking down more than 50 million people in 17 cities, foreigners trapped in the quarantine zone are wondering when they can return home.
China expanded its sweeping efforts to contain a deadly virus, extending the Lunar New Year holiday to keep the public at home and avoid spreading infection as the death toll rose to 81.
Health officials in Los Angeles County have confirmed a fourth U.S. case of the new pneumonia-like virus from China.
China’s health minister said the country was entering a “crucial stage” as “it seems like the ability of the virus to spread is getting stronger.”
The Chicago health commissioner said the patient hadn’t had close contact with many people since becoming ill or taken public transportation or attended large gatherings.
As the U.S. reported its first case of coronavirus, social media users began spreading misinformation suggest the U.S. government was aware of the virus for years.
The open-ended lockdowns are unmatched in size, embracing more people than New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago put together.
While most infections have emerged near the city of Wuhan, the center of the outbreak, cases have been identified in Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, and the United States
The U.S. reported its first case of a new and potentially deadly virus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who returned from the outbreak’s epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle.
There are many known types of coronaviruses. Some cause the common cold. Others have evolved into more severe illnesses such as SARS.
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