The Trump administration has reportedly ordered an investigation into a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lab in Atlanta that was in charge of assembling coronavirus test kits after a scientist with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) raised concerns that the lab itself may be “contaminated,” possibly leading to faulty test kits, according to reports.
A person in San Antonio, Texas who was released from quarantine by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) later tested positive for the novel virus and is now back in quarantine, according to the city’s mayor.
Amid rising global cases of the novel coronavirus and at least two deaths in the U.S., officials with the Kearsarge Regional School District in New London, New Hampshire are asking students and staff who recently returned from a school trip to Europe to stay home.
An advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died from the coronavirus, which comes as other top officials in the country are reported to also be infected, according to multiple reports on Monday.
Governor Ron Desantis issued an order directing a public health emergency in Florida on Sunday after the state recorded its first positive case of the new coronavirus (COVID-19).
The first case of coronavirus in New York has been confirmed and the patient, a female health care worker in her late 30s, is isolated in her Manhattan home, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
Health officials in the Dominican Republic on Sunday reported the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus in the tourist-rich Caribbean, a 62-year-old Italian citizen.
The worst outbreak of coronavirus in Europe has spurred the U.S. government to issue the highest level of warning Sunday to the two Italian regions hardest hit by the virus.
A short statement from the Louvre said a staff meeting about virus prevention efforts stopped the museum from opening as scheduled Sunday morning. On Sunday afternoon, would-be visitors were still waiting to get inside.
Americans worried about the coronavirus outbreak shouldn’t buy face masks to protect themselves against it because the masks are ineffective for those without symptoms -- and the purchases deplete the supplies available for medical professionals, the U.S. surgeon general said Saturday.