Current CDC regulations only allow testing for people who have recently been to China or know they had contact with someone infected with coronavirus
, the patient had come from another Northern California hospital with a suspected viral infection, and they immediately asked that the patient undergo coronavirus testing.
“We requested COVID-19 testing by the CDC, since neither Sacramento County nor the California Department of Public Health is doing testing for coronavirus at this time. Since the patient did not fit the existing CDC criteria for COVID-19, a test was not immediately administered,” officials at U.C. Davis said.
The CDC eventually ordered testing on Sunday, and the agency confirmed that the patient had coronavirus on Wednesday. “This is not the first COVID-19 patient we have treated, and because of the precautions we have had in place since this patient’s arrival, we believe there has been minimal potential for exposure here at UC Davis Medical Center,” hospital officials said.This new patient marks the 15th confirmed case found in the U.S. There are an additional 45 cases of coronavirus in Americans who were
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