the health care workers who cared for the individual for signs of illness the us department of defense will work closely with our interagency partners and continue to provide support to the situation as requested mitchell said the patient who recently visited beijing tested positive for the disease and has not been hospitalized according to the wisconsin department of health services countries with confirmed coronavirus cases abc news a 12th coronavirus case in the united states was confirmed by health officials in wisconsin on wednesday the university of southern california and the university of illinois at urbanachampaign announced this week theyre suspending overseas programs in china after the us state department issued a level 4 travel advisory for china on jan 30 warning people to avoid all travel to china abc news erin schumaker contributed to this report two newborns reportedly are among the more than 28000 people infected with the novel coronavirus which now has killed more than 560 people since it was detected in december the outbreak has caused several major us airlines to suspend all flights to china and us companies and government agencies have evacuated staff from the country he said the who is asking for 675 million for its strategy preparedness response plan to tackle the virus on a global scale meanwhile officials have expressed fears that the outbreak could disrupt the 2020 summer olympics slated to take place in tokyo in july rysten houkus marine corpsafp via getty images the passengers who were quarantined last week after returning from wuhan are expected to be released feb 11 officials said as long as they and their immediate family members remain healthy officers in protective gear escort a person under the blue sheet who was on board the diamond princess cruise ship and tested positive for the new coronavirus in show more kyodo kyodoreuters i hope that it will be stamped out as soon as possible mcquiston said the patients would be placed in a hotel isolated from the rest of the base and ringed by a fence guarded by federal marshals tasked with enforcing quarantines the cdc confirmed wednesday that its staff had completed health screenings on all 167 evacuees from china who had arrived at marine corps air station miramar in san diego ghebreyesus said another 225 confirmed cases have been reported outside of china resulting in one death a 44yearold man in the philippines health officials in nebraska and texas are preparing for the arrival of americans being rescued from wuhan capt jennifer mcquiston deputy director of cdcs division of high consequence pathogens and pathology said on thursday that health officials are prepared to quarantine up to 250 people with american connections being evacuated from the wuhan area at the lackland air force base near san antonio a woman carries a baby wearing a protective mask as they exit the arrival hall at hong kong high speed rail station on jan 29 2020 we are currently conducting a new coronavirus test for