“CDC today confirmed another infection with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the United States that was detected in California. The patient recently returned from Wuhan, China, where an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by this novel coronavirus has been ongoing since December 2019. This brings the total of number of 2019-nCoV cases in the United States to seven:” 3 in California; 2 in Illinois; 1 Arizona; 1 Washington
“Any US citizen returning to the United States, who has been in China’s Hubei province in the previous 14 days, will be subject to up to 14 days of mandatory quarantine to ensure they’re provided proper medical care and health screening.”
— Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, January 31, 2020
“This W.H.O. action is a vote of no confidence (in China).”
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, M. D., Director-General, World Health Organization, January 30, 2020
“I consider myself a veteran in battles such as bird flu, SARS and other outbreaks. But with this Wuhan pneumonia, I feel extremely powerless.”
— Guan Yi, M. D., SARS expert, Hong Kong, China, January 24, 2020