NEW: Massachusetts health officials reported the state's first confirmed case of coronavirus, putting the number of confirmed cases in the U.S. at eight.
The man, who is in his 20s, had recently traveled to Wuhan, China, and sought medical care soon after returning home, according to a statement from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
An illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia on Jan. 29, 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus . It was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China.Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, emphasized at a press briefing Friday that the risk to the general American public is low.The eight cases in the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield and members of the Trump Administration's Coronavirus Task Force hold a press briefing on a federal quarantine order in the White House Briefing Room on Ja, 31, 2020, in Washington.U.S. citizens returning from Hubei province in the previous 14 days will be subject to up to a 14-day quarantine. Foreign nationals, other than immediate family members of U.S.
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