Diagnosis Of Coronavirus Patient In California Was Delayed For Days

Health officials have identified what could be the first U.S. case of the novel coronavirus spreading within the general population. But a hospital says the diagnosis was delayed for days. Here, a passenger wears a face mask on a train in San Francisco on Wednesday.

The first suspected U.S. case of novel coronavirus infection through “community spread” was left undiagnosed for days, hospital officials said, because the case didn’t fit the CDC’s criteria.

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