Coronavirus live updates: Countries scramble to contain outbreak as case numbers tick upward.
Here's the latest on the developing situation. All times are Eastern. Please refresh this page for updates.The first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in New Hampshire is a hospital employee who went to an event, despite being told to stay isolated, officials said.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, confirmed that the state's first patient is an employee.The first case of the novel coronavirus has been confirmed at a European Union office in Brussels, a spokesperson told ABC News. This Feb. 6, 2020, photo released by the California Department of Public Health shows a demonstration of the equipment and procedures that will be used at the department's Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory lab in Richmond, Calif., to conduct tests for the novel coronavirus. This is not an actual test of a novel coronavirus specimen.
Passengers wear face masks to protect against the spread of the novel coronavirus as they arrive at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, on Feb. 29, 2020.
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