The first U.S. case of coronavirus involves a Washington man who traveled from Wuhan, China and arrived back in the states around January 15.
In December 2019, an outbreak of an unknown coronavirus began circulating in Wuhan, China—and now, federal officials have confirmed that a case of the 2019 novel coronavirus has been diagnosed in the U.S.NBC NewsThe patient is reportedly a man in his 30s who had arrived in the U.S. around January 15 after visiting Wuhan, China.
Luckily, government agencies are already taking action: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun entry screening passengers on direct and connecting flights from Wuhan, China to multiple main entry ports in the United States, and the World Health Organization announced that it would convene in an emergency meeting Wednesday to determine whether the outbreak is a public health emergency of "international concern.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus is likely the most notable coronavirus in recent history. The virus was responsible for a worldwide 2002-2003 outbreak, during which there were more than 8,000 probable cases, including 774 deaths, per the CDC. Fortunately, there have been no known cases of SARS reported anywhere in the world since 2004.
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