The respiratory illness, which originated in China, has spread to 19 different countries, including the U.S.
Still, the CDC has stressed that the majority of Americans are at “low” risk of contracting the virus, particularly as several major airlines, including Delta and American, have announced that they are canceling all flights to or from China for the next few months.RELATED: First Person to Person Transmission of Coronavirus in the U.S. Identified in Chicago
Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control, urged in a press briefing Friday for Americans to “not let fear or panic guide your actions.” Messonnier also emphasized that it is not right to assume that a person of Asian descent has the coronavirus. “Please do not assume that because a person is of Asian descent, that they have this new coronavirus,” she said. “There are 4 million Chinese-Americans in this country.”
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