This is the third person to test positive after being evacuated from Wuhan and the CDC expects additional cases in the future.
An American who was evacuated from Wuhan, China, on a government-chartered flight has tested positive for the coronavirus, raising the number of cases in the United States to 15.
The person returned to America from Wuhan on February 7 and was under federal quarantine at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Thursday. The individual was moved to a nearby hospital and will receive medical care while being isolated so as to not spread the virus to others.
Since Chinese authorities first identified the virus in 44 people in December, it has spread to 25 countries and infected 45,171 people, according to the World Health Organization's Wednesday report. The overwhelming majority of cases and all but one death have been in China, where the virus' new strain originated, and most international cases, including 13 in the U.S., involve people who recently traveled to that country.
A plane lands at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California, on January 29 with passengers evacuated from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the heart of the growing coronavirus outbreak. On February 13, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a 15th case of coronavirus in the U.S.COVID-19, the official name for the virus, was first identified in the U.S.
The CDC said it was"likely" there would be additional cases, including among those who were evacuated from Wuhan, which has been under lockdown since January 23. Days after officials restricted travel into and out of the bustling Chinese city, almost 200 American citizens were evacuated in a U.S. government-chartered plane.
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