LATEST: Saudi Arabia halts pilgrimages over coronavirus.
Organizers of the annual Pyongyang Marathon announced Thursday that the event had been cancelled this year.
University of California, Davis, Health CEO Dr. David Lubarsky said in a note to staff obtained by NBC News that after the patient was transferred to UC Davis Medical Center on Feb. 19, it asked the centers to conduct testing but the federal agency declined. On Sunday, the CDC reversed its decision and ordered the test, and on Wednesday, the federal agency confirmed that the patient tested positive, Lubarsky and Simmons wrote.Lubarsky and Simmons wrote that from the time the patient was transferred to UC Davis Medical Center, precautions were taken to prevent exposure because it suspected a viral infection.
The other involved a husband and wife in San Benito County in Northern California, and the husband had recently traveled to the Wuhan but his wife had not, authorities have said.China's National Health Commission on Thursday morning local time reported 29 new deaths linked to the coronavirus illness COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths on the mainland to 2,744.
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