On Monday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force, appeared on CNN to talk community spread concerning the novel coronavirus and how the U.S. could see an increase of cases in the coming weeks.
The novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, originated in Wuhan, China, but has since spread to at least 61 countries. There are currently 89 Americans with confirmed cases of the illness, including 44 people who were aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship and three people expatriated from Wuhan by the U.S. government. Over the weekend, two people infected with the disease died in Washington.
"Unfortunately, this is something we expected. Whenever you have a respiratory disease that's easily transmissible, you're gonna get community spread and it's gonna become difficult to pinpoint the source of each and every infection," Fauci added during his Monday CNN appearance."And that's exactly what we're seeing in Washington state and now in several other states throughout the country. It's gonna make our job much more challenging.
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