As authorities in China scrambled to handle a coronavirus that has killed at least 81 people, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday described a surging potential crisis even as they pushed back on the latest thinking from Beijing about just how easily it spreads.
Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, told reporters that the number of confirmed cases stateside had reached five-and that there had been a total of 110 "Persons under investigation" for the virus in 26 states over the past week.
The confirmed cases in the U.S. include patients in Orange County, California; a man in his 30s in Washington state; a woman in her 60s in Chicago; a passenger who felt ill after flying into Los Angeles International Airport; and a student at Arizona State University who does not live in university housing, the CDC said on Sunday.
Messonnier said the CDC had not seen "Any clear evidence of patients being infectious before symptom onset" as of Monday, even if authorities in the U.S. "Are being very aggressive and very cautious in tracking close contacts" of infected individuals.
In addition to the 81 dead in China-76 of whom reportedly lived in Wuhan-nearly 3,000 people across the world, including a 9-month-old baby girl in Beijing, had confirmed cases of the virus as of Monday morning.
There had been no deaths from the virus reported outside of China as of Monday morning.
Dr. Adrian Hyzler, chief medical officer for Healix International, which provides medical information to travelers, told The Daily Beast the CDC will know much more about how easily the virus spreads once the incubation period-estimated at a maximum of 14 days-has passed in the five U.S. cases.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cdc-splits-china-coronavirus-spread-192632623.html
Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, told reporters that the number of confirmed cases stateside had reached five-and that there had been a total of 110 "Persons under investigation" for the virus in 26 states over the past week.
The confirmed cases in the U.S. include patients in Orange County, California; a man in his 30s in Washington state; a woman in her 60s in Chicago; a passenger who felt ill after flying into Los Angeles International Airport; and a student at Arizona State University who does not live in university housing, the CDC said on Sunday.
Messonnier said the CDC had not seen "Any clear evidence of patients being infectious before symptom onset" as of Monday, even if authorities in the U.S. "Are being very aggressive and very cautious in tracking close contacts" of infected individuals.
In addition to the 81 dead in China-76 of whom reportedly lived in Wuhan-nearly 3,000 people across the world, including a 9-month-old baby girl in Beijing, had confirmed cases of the virus as of Monday morning.
There had been no deaths from the virus reported outside of China as of Monday morning.
Dr. Adrian Hyzler, chief medical officer for Healix International, which provides medical information to travelers, told The Daily Beast the CDC will know much more about how easily the virus spreads once the incubation period-estimated at a maximum of 14 days-has passed in the five U.S. cases.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cdc-splits-china-coronavirus-spread-192632623.html
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