1st confirmed case of new coronavirus reported in US: CDC – By Erin Schumaker (ABC News) / Jan 21 2020
Nearly 300 people have been sickened in China from the virus.
The first case of a new coronavirus that’s sickened nearly 300 people in Asia has been reported in a patient in Washington state, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday at a news conference.
At least six people have died, according to officials.
Commuters wearing face masks walk in a railway station in Wuhan, in China’s central Hubei province, Jan. 21, 2020. Countries in Asia have ramped up measures to block the spread of a new virus as the death toll in China rose to six and the number of cases surpassed 300.
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Chinese authorities have said the outbreak began in a seafood and live-animal market in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
The virus, in the same family as SARS, MERS and the common cold, often circulates among animals. It can jump from animal to human, and in rare cases can mutate and spread from person to person.
The Washington state patient, a man in his 30s, had traveled to Wuhan, but said he did not visit the market in question or know anyone who had the virus.
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