'We offer our sincerest condolences to the family on their loss,' a spokesperson for U.S. embassy in Beijing said.
The news comes as the death toll from the new strain of coronavirus rose to 722 in mainland China, with more than 34,000 reported cases. On Friday, two planes chartered by the Department of Defense arrived in the U.S. carrying about 300 Americans fleeing the outbreak,All passengers have been placed under a federal quarantine—issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention —which will last two weeks.
In total, more than 800 people have been evacuated from Wuhan on DoD-chartered flights since the outbreak began, with around 550 currently under federal quarantine at military bases in California.
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services stresses that while the virus poses a potentially"very serious public health threat," the immediate risk to the American public at this time is"low." On Friday, Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar asked Beijing again to accept help from U.S. medical experts."Our longstanding offer to send world-class experts to China to assist remains on the table, and this week the State Department helped deliver 17.8 tons of relief supplies to Hubei, the epicenter of the outbreak," Azar told reporters at a press conference.
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