An American man with the new coronavirus has been identified in Washington state, CDC officials said on Wednesday, bringing the total number of countries with cases of the deadly virus to five outside of China, including the US, Thailand, Japan South Korea and Taiwan
Daily Mail: China's contagious killer virus comes to the US: American man in his 30s is hospitalized in Washington state with SARS-like coronavirus after visiting Wuhan, CDC says
* An American man in his 30s outside Seattle, Washington who visited Wuhan, China, has been diagnosed with the coronvirus from China
* The patient is a resident of Snahomish County and is currently at Providence Regional Medical Center - Everett
* His condition is described as 'good' but he is being closely monitored
* All passengers coming to the US from Wuhan will now be rerouted to five airports: LAX, San Francisco, JFK, Atlanta and Chicago O'Hare
* Chinese officials yesterday confirmed the virus has spread between humans
* Fifteen healthcare workers have caught the respiratory virus, figures show
* Some 300 people in Asia have now tested positive for the unnamed virus
* Five countries outside China have now reported cases - the US, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan and South Korea
* Three more deaths have been announced today, taking the death toll to six
An American man in Washington state has been infected with the deadly and contagious coronavirus spreading from China, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials confirmed Tuesday.
The first US patient is a resident of the US in his 30s, located north of Seattle, who is currently hospitalized and in 'good' condition, but being closely monitored in isolation at Providence Regional Medical Center - Everett.
He traveled from Wuhan, but did not visit any of the markets at the epicenter of the outbreak, according to state health officials.
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