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mascarilla n95, Scott Becker, the executive director of the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), told Reuters that laboratories could start using the tests about four or five days after receiving them. At first, their results will also be sent to the CDC for confirmation purposes, he added. A medical staffer works with test systems for the diagnosis of coronavirus. (AP) “We hope to send at least one to every state health department and maybe more than one,” Dr. Joe Bresee, an epidemiologist with the CDC, told Reuters.
mascarilla n95 - Though the move could help speed up testing time, the FDA warned in a news release that negative results “do not preclude 2019-nCoV infection and should not be used as the sole basis for treatment or other patient management decisions.” “Negative results must be combined with clinical observations, patient history, and epidemiological information,” it added. SIGN UP FOR THE FOX HEALTH NEWSLETTER The death toll from coronavirus reached 490 on Wednesday. More than 24,000 people have been infected worldwide. Overall, at least 25 countries have reported cases of coronavirus.
mascarilla n95, Currently, the U.S. has confirmed 11 cases -- six in California, one in Arizona, one in Washington state, one in Massachusetts and two in Illinois. No deaths have been reported in the U.S., and the large majority of cases still remain in China.
mascarilla n95 - A non-New Jersey resident who arrived at Newark airport on Tuesday night on a flight from China has been placed under mandatory quarantine for 14 days. Health officials said the passenger is asymptomatic but had been in Hubei Province on Feb. 4, which is where the majority of the 24,000 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed. PLANS CARRYING AMERICAN CORONAVIRUS EVACUEES FROM CHINA LAND AT CALIFORNIA MILITARY BASE “The individual, who is not a New Jersey resident, was transported to a location in Essex County, and we will monitor the individual for symptoms for the next 14 days,” the New Jersey Department of Health said in a tweet on Wednesday. “The risk of novel #coronavirus transmission in NJ residents remains low.”
mascarilla n95 - The 14-day quarantine is in accordance with plans that Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced last Friday. Azar said that beginning on Feb. 2, all U.S. citizens returning from Hubei province will be subject to a 14-day quarantine, while other Americans who traveled elsewhere in China will be instructed to self-monitor for possible symptoms. Azar also said that President Trump is temporarily suspending entry into the U.S. for foreign nationals who pose a risk of transmitting the virus.