CDC confirms 14th U.S. case of coronavirus with patient in San Diego


  • World
  • Thursday, 13 Feb 2020

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A second person evacuated from Wuhan, China, to a U.S. Marine base near San Diego has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus, raising the tally of confirmed cases in the United States to 14, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Wednesday.

The patient was among 232 individuals placed under quarantine at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar after being airlifted from the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan earlier this month, CDC spokeswoman Ana Toro said.

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