CDC did not immediately test a patient in what may be the first case of person-to-person transmission of COVID-19 in the general public in the US, the head of a Sacramento health system says.
The case is being investigated, but it could be the first case of person-to-person transmission of the illness caused by the new coronavirus in the general public in the United States.
The patient had no known exposure to the virus through travel or close contact with a known infected individual,There have been at least two other person-to-person transmission case in the U.S., but both involved spouses of people who had traveled to China. Awhose wife traveled to the Chinese city of Wuhan tested positive, and that couple was released from a hospital earlier this month.
The other involved a husband and wife in San Benito County in Northern California, and the husband had recently traveled to the Wuhan but his wife had not, authorities have said.has spread from China to at least 40 countries around the world, affecting markets and disrupting travel. A recent increase in cases in Italy, Iran and South Korea have heightened concerns about the ability to contain the spread of the virus.
Cases in the U.S. have been limited, though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that Americans should prepare for the spread of the coronavirus in communities.
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