On Sunday, the U.S. reported its first novel coronavirus-related death, in Washington state. Here’s everything we know about the spread of the virus in the U.S. so far
Mike Pence, commander of the U.S. coronavirus task force for some reason. Photo: ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that the United States should brace for a domestic coronavirus outbreak, with the director of its National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases explaining that “it’s not so much of a question of if this will happen in this country any more, but a question of when this will happen.
The first case of coronavirus in New York state was confirmed on Sunday when Governor Andrew Cuomo released a statement saying the patient, a woman in her late 30s, had recently traveled to Iran, where an outbreak is well underway. The woman has been quarantined in her Manhattan home. “The patient has respiratory symptoms, but is not in serious condition and has been in a controlled situation since arriving to New York,” said Cuomo.
In late January, Azar announced a mandatory quarantining policy applicable to all passengers on U.S. flights who’d visited China’s Hubei province, where the virus is believed to have originated, within the past 14 days. Additionally, he said, screening checkpoints would be established at seven major airports nationwide.
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