CDC confirms first known case of person-to-person spread of new coronavirus in U.S.
by Megan Thielking and Andrew Joseph
Jan 30, 2020
2 minutes
U.S. health officials say a person from Illinois who was infected with the new coronavirus in China has transmitted the virus to her spouse, marking the first known instance of person-to-person spread of the virus in the U.S.
The initial patient in Illinois was a Chicago woman in her 60s who had recently returned from
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