(Reuters) - At least 16 people had close contact with a Washington state man diagnosed as the first U.S. case of the coronavirus and are being monitored for the illness that has killed 17 people in China and sickened hundreds more, local officials said.
The patient, a 30-year-old man, is doing well and may be released from Providence Regional Medical Centre in Everett, Washington in the near future, the hospital's chief medical officer Jay Cook told a press conference.
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