The first death from the 2019 novel coronavirus inside the United States was set to be announced on Saturday afternoon in Washington state, according to a release from the state’s health department.
At least 66 people on American soil have confirmed cases of the novel 2019 coronavirus, which originated in a large seafood and live animal market in Wuhan, China, where it killed thousands before spreading to dozens of other countries all over the globe, with particularly severe outbreaks in Italy, South Korea, and Iran. One American also died in China earlier this month, the State Department said at the time.
The reported illnesses have ranged from mild symptoms to severe respiratory illness and death and can include symptoms like fever, coughing, and shortness of breath. Symptoms are believed to typically appear between two and 14 days after exposure. Authorities have worked to reassure Americans that the U.S. health system has the capacity to handle a surge of the deadly illness, which has about a two percent fatality rate globally among confirmed cases.
In January, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern” and the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declared a public health emergency for the United States to aid the nation’s health system in responding to the outbreak. Cases have been confirmed in Wisconsin, Illinois, Massachusetts, Texas, California, Arizona, and Washington state.
The CDC has in various statements described its response to the virus so far as both “aggressive” and “unprecedented,” even as experts have criticized the agency’s ability to quickly provide working diagnostic tests to identify the illness. Both a potential vaccine and drug treatment option are expected to enter clinical trials in April and—if successful—translate to the public market within 12 to 18 months.Get our top stories in your inbox every day.
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