fbpx

First coronavirus death on US soil confirmed, Trump calls for calm

Los Angeles (AFP) – The first fatality from the novel coronavirus has been confirmed on US soil, a woman in her late 50s who was “medically high-risk,” President Donald Trump said Saturday, as he urged Americans not to panic.Health officials said the woman in Washington state was one of a handful with no known links to global hot zones to have contracted the virus — indicating that the pathogen was now likely spreading in communities.The death occurred in King county, the most populous in the state and home to Seattle, a city of more than 700,000 people, officials in the state told AFP.The vi…

Read More

More from my site

Posted: February 29th, 2020 | Author: | Filed under: Donald Trump, Health Care, News | Tags: , , | Comments Off on First coronavirus death on US soil confirmed, Trump calls for calm

Comments are closed.