A New Jersey affected person is amongst 110 nationwide to be examined for the brand new kind of virus that has unfold throughout China and to 16 nations to date, state officers mentioned.

Outcomes from the federal Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention — the one web site in the US capable of carry out the lab check — are pending. 

5 folks in 4 states have confirmed instances of the brand new, or novel, coronavirus, which has sickened greater than 1,000 folks since being recognized within the central Chinese language metropolis of Wuhan on Dec. 31. Greater than 80 folks in China have died. 

No deaths have been reported in the US, and there was no human-to-human transmission right here, CDC officers mentioned in a teleconference on Monday. 

“Presently in the US, this virus will not be spreading in the neighborhood,” mentioned Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s Nationwide Heart for Immunization and Respiratory Ailments. “We proceed to consider the danger from this new virus to most people is low at the moment.”

Of the 110 folks whose lab specimens have been examined by the CDC to date, solely 5 outcomes have been optimistic and 32 have been unfavorable, she mentioned. All the confirmed instances have been amongst individuals who arrived from Wuhan throughout the earlier two weeks.

The confirmed instances embody two sufferers in California and one every in Washington State, Illinois and Arizona. 

Lab specimens have been despatched from 26 states for testing, Messonnier mentioned. In New York, 5 folks had been in isolation awaiting check outcomes, and one other 4 had been examined and located to not have the virus, in response to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Screenings proceed at John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport and 4 different airports to which all passengers from Wuhan had been funneled. Chinese language authorities curtailed all flights out of Wuhan final week. The CDC is contemplating whether or not to develop the screenings to incorporate flights from different components of China, Messonnier mentioned. 

The aim of the screenings will not be solely to determine sufferers who’ve fevers and should have contracted the virus, but additionally to tell everybody arriving from the illness space in regards to the signs of the virus and methods to search therapy, she mentioned.

No particulars in regards to the New Jersey affected person underneath investigation had been accessible Monday afternoon. A state Well being Division spokeswoman mentioned extra info could be forthcoming if the case is confirmed because the novel coronavirus. 

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Beneath pointers issued by the Well being Division final week, exams could be despatched to the CDC provided that the affected person had a fever and decrease respiratory signs corresponding to a cough and shortness of breath, together with journey throughout the earlier 14 days to Wuhan or publicity to an individual with the illness who was in poor health on the time.

Any affected person underneath investigation is to be positioned in isolation, the state has directed. 

“The New Jersey Division of Well being works with hospitals and native well being departments all through respiratory virus and flu season on lots of of illness outbreaks every year,” state Well being Commissioner Judith Persichilli mentioned. “We’re ready — together with our companions — to reply to potential novel coronavirus instances.”

Lindy Washburn is a senior healthcare reporter for NorthJersey.com. To maintain up-to-date about how modifications within the medical world have an effect on the well being of you and your loved ones, please subscribe or activate your digital account today.

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