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Author: He Wenhan
2020-02-29 13:04
Last updated: 2020-02-29 13:04Health officials in California confirmed on February 28 that the country had the second case of 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19, commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) of unknown origin. A similar confirmed case of the same kind occurred in Oregon on the same day. The number of cases of unknown origin nationwide has increased to three.
Cody, director of the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health, spoke at a press conference in San Jose on February 28. (AP)
Sara Cody, director of the Public Health Department in Santa Clara County, California, told a press conference: "This is the third case in our county, but it is significant with the other two Different ... our third case did not have known contacts with recent travellers or infected people. "
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned on February 26 that the disease may have spread in the community. A California woman was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia without travelling and contacting a known infected patient. The woman patient lives in Solano County, California. The CDC says this may be the first case of a community infection in the United States.
Cody said that the discovery of the second 2019 coronavirus patient of unknown origin in California represents a new phase in which public health officials are facing the epidemic, that is, isolation and travel restrictions are no longer sufficient to control the virus. It also means that the virus is spreading in at least two different places in California.
In addition to California, an unidentified case of the infection also occurred in Oregon on the 28th. This is the first confirmed case in the state and the third case of unknown origin in the United States. The patient lives in Washington County, he has not visited a country where the virus is transmitted, or believes he has close contact with another confirmed patient. Public health officials are considering this as a possible case of community transmission.
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