An Illinois man has become the first person to be infected with the coronavirus without leaving the U.S.
The man is thehusband of a woman in her 60s who recently returned to the U.S. from Wuhan, China. The woman was one of the original five who carried the virus back to the U.S. after traveling abroad.
Around the world, there has been limited person-to-person spread among nine close contacts of travelers returning from China, says CDC Director Robert Redfield.“The full picture of how easily and how sustainable this virus can spread is unclear,” Redfield says.“This means the system is working,” says William Schaffner, MD, a professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. “Clinicians are alert.
On Wednesday, the White House announced the creation of the President’s Coronavirus Task Force. It will be led by Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and will include Redfield and Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. Members of the departments of Transportation and Homeland Security will also be part of the new task force, which will be coordinated through the National Security Council.
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