UPDATE: 15th U.S. Coronavirus Case Identified In Texas

By Susie Madrak — February 14, 2020

The 15th case of U.S. coronavirus was confirmed this week, according to the CDC. Via The Hill:

The CDC says the patient was among a group of people under a federal quarantine order at San Antonio’s Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. The patient was put under quarantine after arriving to the U.S. on a State Department-chartered flight on Feb. 7, the CDC said in a statement Thursday.

Health officials say the individual has been isolated and is receiving treatment at a nearby hospital.

This is the first person under quarantine at the airbase among a group of people that arrived from China on that date who had symptoms and tested positive for the disease.

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Coronavirus update:
- 64,438 cases worldwide
- 10,109 suspected cases
- 1,383 fatalities
- 10,227 in serious/critical condition
- 6,801 recovered
- Most cases in China
- 25 countries reporting cases

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CDC director: Novel coronavirus 'is probably with us beyond this season, beyond this year'https://t.co/I0gJ0VH9x2

— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) February 14, 2020

China's Hubei province have recorded over 4,800 more cases of the novel coronavirus, under its new broader definition, bringing the global total to more than 65,000. The death toll from the virus has now risen to at least 1,486.

Follow the latest updates: https://t.co/4QCE1Kp76J

— CNN (@CNN) February 14, 2020

WHO Director, Tedros Adhanom: "Ebola is lousy, this is airborne, #coronavirus is airborne and it's more contagious. In terms of potential to wreak havoc, corona is very different than ebola, corona has more potency, virulence, we take it more seriously." #WuhanCoronavirus pic.twitter.com/9ee01dSp19

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