The United States Test Against COVID-19

Wednesday, 06 May 2020 15:30

On January 19, 2020, a 35-year-old man with a 4-day history of cough, subjective fever, and recent travel history to Wuhan, China, bestowed to a pressing care clinic in Snohomish county, Washington. A health alert from the United States Centers for unwellnessControl and bar (CDC) regarding a novel coronavirus eruption in China – in conjunction with his symptoms and travel history – prompted him to seek care. On January 20, 2020, the CDC confirmed that samples from the patient’s cavity and cavity swabs tested positive for that virus, now best-known as severe acute metabolism syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), making this man the first confirmed case of the coronavirus unwellness of 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States

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