.GStephanopoulos on coronavirus: “Is is time for broader surveillance testing of communities?” HHS Secretary Alex Azar: “Right now it’s important that we test people who have any type of respiratory illness, respiratory symptoms that is unidentified.”
linked to the coronavirus in Washington state on Saturday. The victim was identified by the Centers for Disease Control as a man in his 50s.
"The risk to any average American is low from the novel coronavirus," Azar said Saturday."The risk remains low thanks to the unprecedented actions President Trump has taken and the actions he's announcing today, that risk remains low." Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks during a press conference at the Department of Health and Human Services on the coordinated public health response to the 2019 coronavirus, Feb. 7, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks during a press conference at the Department of Health and Human Services on the coordinated public health response to the 2019 coronavirus, Feb. 7, 2020, in Washington, D.C., with at least five cases suspected. Officials in Washington state were investigating cases at a long-term care facility, unrelated to the person who died, and Illinois announced its second case of novel coronavirus late Saturday.
Globally, in at least 60 countries, there have been over 87,000 cases of COVID-19 and almost 3,000 people have died.
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