Those program will begin in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago and New York City.
Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday it will monitor some people with flu symptoms for the new coronavirus, or COVID-19.
Messonnier described it as a "really efficient way" for the U.S. health officials to detect if the virus begins to spread. The five labs are in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago and New York City. Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the agency, said the CDC intends to add more cities in the coming weeks until the CDC has achieved "national surveillance."
The announcement comes as global cases of COVID-19 passes 64,000 with more than 1,380 deaths mostly in China. There are just 15 cases in the U.S. This week, three Americans who were evacuated from the city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, tested positive for the virus in California and Texas.
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