Sick Person in Los Angeles Sent to Hospital for Precautionary Coronavirus Screening

People arrive to Los Angeles International Airport after touchdown of an Air China flight from Beijing, which serves as a connector from Wuhan, China to Los Angeles, on the first day of health screenings for coronavirus of travelers from Wuhan, on Jan. 18, 2020. David McNew/Getty Images

A passenger who arrived at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) with symptoms of an illness potentially resembling coronavirus was sent for precautionary testing.

The 2019 Novel Coronavirus has sickened scores of people in China and has since spread to the United States and other countries.