Hospitalized Woman in New Jersey Does Not Have Coronavirus

Hospitalized Woman in New Jersey Does Not Have Coronavirus
Emergency sign points to the entrance to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California, on March 23, 2017. Mike Blake/Reuters
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The Hackensack University Medical center confirmed that the patient hospitalized in Hackensack, New Jersey does not have a new coronavirus that first broke out in China.

“After an evaluation of the patient and consulting with the State Department of Health, experts have determined the patient does not have the Wuhan Coronavirus. Due to patient privacy, we are unable to provide additional information,” the hospital said in a statement.