CDC Defends Its Handling Of Coronavirus Case In California
The case involves a woman who could be the first patient in the U.S. to contract the virus in the general population. However, a California hospital alleges the CDC initially refused to test her.
Updated at 11 p.m. ET
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there's been "confusion" about the handling of a coronavirus patient in California who is thought to represent the first case of the virus being transmitted in the general population, rather than through a known contact with someone who has been in China.
The case involves a woman who appears to have contracted the virus in California, apparently without having contact with anyone who had traveled abroad or was previously known
