Boston Man Who Traveled to Wuhan Confirmed as 8th US Case of Coronavirus

Boston Man Who Traveled to Wuhan Confirmed as 8th US Case of Coronavirus
A woman wears a mask in Chinatown following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Jan. 30, 2020. Reuters/Kamil Krzaczynski/File Photo
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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U.S. health authorities have confirmed an eighth case of the novel coronavirus in the United States.

The virus was detected in a man in his 20s from Boston who had recently traveled to Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the outbreak originated, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced in a press release on Feb. 1.
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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