"Right now, and based on CDC's analysis of the available data, it doesn't look like the [virus] has mutated," she said in a telephone news conference.
"All the sequences we've extracted are similar to the one that China initially posted a couple of weeks ago," she said.All passengers arriving from Wuhan are currently subject to testing in five US airports, but since China has suspended all flights out of the stricken city, there are fewer and fewer travellers from there arriving in the US.
The virus has also reached other Chinese provinces and China has announced that people who are infected can spread the disease before they show any symptoms of fever or respiratory difficulties."I expect that in the coming days, our travel recommendations will change," said Messonnier."I expect there will be a decision, and an announcement about that within the next day.""At this time in the US, this virus is not spreading in the community," Messonnier said.
There have been five confirmed cases in the country and 110 patients have either been under observation or are currently being tested in 26 states. Aside from the five who so far tested positive, 32 have tested negative. It takes around a day to receive the test results from suspected cases because blood samples have to be sent to the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
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