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Coronavirus Hits Chicago
Health officials call for calm; say no ‘immediate’ risk to public
A second case of the mysterious “novel” coronavirus has turned up in the US….this time in Chicago, according to local health officials and Atlanta’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
An unnamed Chicago woman in her 60s who had recently returned from Wuhan, China, the epicenter (“ground zero”) of this disease, has been hospitalized at an undisclosed facility within the city. She is in stable condition, according to Chicago health officials.
We understand that some people are worried about this virus and how it may impact Americans, said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at a briefing this morning (Friday, January 24). The immediate risk to the U.S. public is low at this time.”
To date, sixty-three people in twenty-two states across the US are being tested for coronavirus. Eleven have tested negative and two positive for this bug. The other positive test and illness occurred…
