Coronavirus update: Case count in New York rises to 6. New Hampshire's 1st patient told to stay isolated but went to event instead. Outbreak in S. Korea shows little signs of slowing down. COVID-19 is deadlier than the flu, WHO says. U.S. death toll at 9
Countries around the world are scrambling to stymie the spread of a deadly viral outbreak that began in China about two months ago and has now infected more than 90,000 people globally.LA County confirms six new cases, declares state of emergency. Case count in New York rises to 6. New Hampshire's 1st patient told to stay isolated but went to event instead, officials say. Outbreak in South Korea shows little signs of slowing down. COVID-19 is deadlier than the flu, WHO says. U.S.
Instead, it will allow local officials to better coordinate with state and federal partners to"enhance our preparedness," she said. Fauci also made a point to note that the WHO fatality rate -- 3.4% -- is incomplete because the denominator of asymptomatic cases is currently unknown. 11:02 a.m. South Korea to start screening US-bound travelersAs part of efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak, all travelers flying from South Korea to the United States will now have their temperatures checked at their assigned gate at the airport prior to boarding their flight, the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced Wednesday.
Story continuesThe man's son is a 20-year-old student at Yeshiva University in New York City. His daughter is a 14-year-old student at Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy and High School, known as SAR, in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx. Both schools announced closures Wednesday upon receiving word of their infections, according to Cuomo.
Yeshiva University in New York City confirmed in a press release Wednesday that the student had tested positive for the newly discovered virus, known officially as COVID-19. 8:19 a.m. New Hampshire's 1st patient told to stay isolated but went to event instead, officials sayThe first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in New Hampshire is a hospital employee who went to an event despite being told to stay isolated, officials said.
7:48 a.m. 1st confirmed case at EU officeThe first case of the novel coronavirus has been confirmed at a European Union office in Brussels, a spokesperson told ABC News. MORE: South Korea’s drastic measures against the coronavirus offers a glimpse of what the U.S. may need to do5:45 a.m. COVID-19 is deadlier than the flu, WHO saysThe disease caused by the novel coronavirus, known officially as COVID-19, is more than three times as deadly as the season flu, according to the head of the World Health Organization.
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