Two people From NH Being Monitored for Coronavirus
Two people from New Hampshire who recently traveled to Wuhan, China, are being monitored for the new coronavirus, health officials announced Monday.
The two individuals sought health care after developing respiratory symptoms and are recovering, consistent with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services.
The individuals will remain in isolation until lab results sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention come .
The new strain of the coronavirus can cause fever, coughing, wheezing and pneumonia. it's a member of the coronavirus family that's an in depth cousin to the deadly SARS and MERS viruses that have caused outbreaks within the past.
So far, five people within the us are infected with the new virus, health officials said. Testing on quite 100 others is ongoing.
All of the patients infected with the virus had traveled to Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak.
Dozens of individuals have died from the virus in China, which has issued massive travel bans in hard-hit sections of that country to undertake to stem spread of the virus.
Two people From NH Being Monitored for Coronavirus
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