HealthDay Information — A Chicago girl in her 60s has been recognized because the second US affected person to be identified with a brand new Chinese language coronavirus, well being officers introduced Friday.
The lady visited China in late December and returned to Chicago from Wuhan on Jan. 13, days earlier than the US Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention began screening incoming passengers for coronavirus. A number of days after returning dwelling, the girl started to really feel sick, Allison Arwady, MD, MPH, commissioner of the Chicago Division of Public Well being, mentioned throughout a media briefing on Friday. The lady noticed her physician, who requested her about her journey historical past, Arwady mentioned. Upon studying she had been to Wuhan, he requested her to don a masks and despatched her to a hospital.
“The affected person is clinically doing properly, stays in secure situation, and stays hospitalized primarily for an infection management,” Arwady mentioned. The lady was not sick throughout journey, and she or he has restricted shut contacts, all of whom are properly however will probably be monitored for signs. “After getting back from China, the affected person has had very restricted motion outdoors her dwelling,” Arwady added. She has not taken public transportation and has not attended any giant gatherings.
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The CDC has thus far acquired studies of 63 sufferers below investigation for potential coronavirus an infection from 22 states, Nancy Messonnier, MD, director of the CDC Nationwide Heart for Immunization and Respiratory Illnesses, mentioned within the media briefing. These are the one two instances to be confirmed, and 11 have examined unfavourable.
