'At some point, we we are likely to see community spread in the U.S.,' said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. The patients are in Arizona, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Washington and Wisconsin and all but two cases are
Top health officials prepped Americans for the prospect of novel coronavirus spreading in communities in the United States during a Wednesday news conference.
The patient is currently hospitalized with mild symptoms. A mix-up at the CDC caused an initial false negative diagnosis, which Messonnier called"unfortunate," noting that the agency has since put additional quality control measures in place to prevent future mistakes. Countries respond to the threat of COVID-19Shanghai is postponing its Formula One Chinese Grand Prix racing event, previously scheduled for April 19, as novel coronavirus continues to claim lives in China.
"[We] really just need to get off this boat," New York resident Guy Cerullo told ABC News in a text message. "To think that they are still going to use this boat is mind-blowing," Cerullo said."No one will ever want to go on it.""The issue with quarantine remains the lack of ability in a closed environment like this to maintain infection prevention measures on a ship," said Dr. Eric Cioe-Pena, director of global health at Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, New York.
On Tuesday, the cruise line spokesperson confirmed to ABC News that 23 Americans were among those infected. It's unclear whether the new cases include any U.S. citizens.
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