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    CDC director: More person-to-person coronavirus infections in U.S. likely, but containment still possible

    In an interview, the CDC director said person-to-person transmission of the coronavirus is likely to occur in the United States, but containment still possible.
    by Helen Branswell Feb 12, 2020 4 minutes
    CDC Director Robert Redfield

    Health officials believe there is still opportunity to prevent widespread transmission of the coronavirus in the United States, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday, even as he warned that more human-to-human transmission here is likely.

    “We’re still going to see new cases. We’re probably going to see human-to-human transmission within the United States,” Dr. Robert Redfield said in an interview with STAT.

    He added that “at some point in time it is highly probable that we’ll have to transition to mitigation” as a public health strategy, using “” — for example, closure of certain public

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