U.S. Response To The Wuhan Coronavirus -- News Updates January 29, 2020

Daily Mail: North America's EIGHTH case of coronavirus is confirmed in British Columbia as US officials reveal twenty airports will now screen for the infection and it will be MONTHS before labs start human trials on a vaccine

* British Columbia's Health Ministry has confirmed the province's first coronavirus patient, bringing Canada's case count to three
* The US Department of Health and Human Services and CDC says 20 airports across the country will screen for the deadly coronavirus that originated in China
* Five US cases have been confirmed in Maricopa County, Arizona; Orange County and Los Angeles County, California; Chicago, Illinois and Snohomish County, Washington
* Officials say the risk to the general public is low but that it may be able to spread from human to human before symptoms appear
* Several drugs are being tried to treat people with coronavirus but there is no evidence of their efficacy
* The National Institutes of Health is working on a vaccine, but warn it will be months before one will be tested on humans
* HHS Secretary Alex Azar said the US has offered to send medical experts to China three times, but the government has declined
* On Tuesday, the WHO said China was finally allowing international experts to visit 'as soon as possible'
* More than 4,500 people have been sickened by coronavirus in at least 17 countries and territories and 106 people, all in China, have died

Canada's third case of coronavirus has been confirmed in British Columbia, health officials said on Tuesday.

The province's first victim is a man in his 40s, who 'travels regularly to China for work and was in Wuhan city on his most recent trip,' and developed symptoms after returning to Vancouver earlier this month.

With the latest positive test, there are now eight confirmed cases of the contagious SARS-like virus in North America, including the five diagnosed in the US, where screening has been expanded to 20 airports, authorities from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a press conference on Tuesday.

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U.S. Response To The Wuhan Coronavirus -- News Updates January 29, 2020

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Coronavirus risk in U.S. 'remains low' even as federal officials take steps to protect public -- NBC
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