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Coronavirus triggers alerts in China 1:20
(CNN) - The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected. UU. Announce this afternoon that the first case of Wuhan's coronavirus has been reported in the United States, in the state of Washington, a federal source outside the CDC told CNN.
The source is involved in the matter and learned of an informational meeting for the CDC media scheduled for later this Tuesday.
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The new virus, which was first identified last month in Wuhan, China, has so far infected more than 300 people and killed six, in an outbreak that has been reported in five countries, which now includes the United States .
It is not clear if this person recently traveled to China, where and how they were infected, and if this person has transmitted the virus to someone else in the United States.
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