A deadly disease has been plaguing China and appears to have made its way into the United States. First identified just last month as the “Wuhan coronavirus” in Wuhan, China, the disease was spreading at a terrifying rate. Keeping a close watch on the virus, more than 300 people have been infected and six have died. “The outbreak has been reported in five countries—now including the United States” reported CNN.
Just moments ago, it was released that the victim, who lives in Washington state, recently traveled to Wuhan. According to the Wall Street Journal, “Chinese health authorities have acknowledged that the coronavirus has spread from one human to another, heightening concerns that the outbreak could expand further as tens of millions of Chinese people travel for the Lunar New Year holiday later this week.”
CNN has reported that the male patient is in “isolation at the Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Washington. He is a resident of Snohomish County in Washington.” Although the man visited Wuhan, he said he did not “attend the animal markets where many of the patients were infected.”
While the Center for Disease Control is not identifying the patient, “officials are compiling a list of people the patient may have had contact with since his return to the United States.” Unfortunately, the virus spreads person to person, but fortunately “not nearly as easily as viruses such as measles or influenza.”
