The case involves a woman who could be the first patient in the U.S. to contract the virus in the general population. However, a California hospital alleges the CDC initially refused to test her.
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Director Dr. Nancy Messonnier, speaks during a news conference in January. Messonnier on Friday defended the CDC's handling of a new coronavirus case in California.National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Director Dr. Nancy Messonnier, speaks during a news conference in January. Messonnier on Friday defended the CDC's handling of a new coronavirus case in California.
The case involves a woman who appears to have contracted the virus in California, apparently without having contact with anyone who had traveled abroad or was previously known to have the coronavirus. On Friday, a second patient believed to have similarly contracted the virus was reported in Santa Clara County in Northern California.The UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif.
Given increased spread of novel coronavirus across the world, CDC has updated the definition of a person under investigation (
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