US: Hawaii officials begin search for potential Coronavirus infections

With different parts of world reeling from outbreak of dealy vel Coronavirus - w officially name COVID-19 by WHO, health officials in Hawaii have started ir search for potentially infected people on February 14.  search was anyone who h potentially come in contact with a Japanese tourist who fell sick on island of Oahu and tested positive for Coronavirus.

Japanese tourist might have been infected in Japan

According to reports, case came to light after Goverr David Ige and state health officials stated that infected man may have contracted virus in Japan before flying down to Hawaii. In dition to this, officials stated that ir assumption was based on incubation period of virus and that Japanese man started showcasing Coronavirus symptoms.

According to reports, Japanese tourist and his spouse went to island of Maui and n heed to Oahu before flying back to Japan. tourist did t exhibit any symptoms until reaching Oahu, where he first showcased cold-like symptoms without any fever. After going back to Japan, he became very sick and was tested for virus after going to a hospital.

Hawaiin officials were alerted by US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on February 14 and that resulted in state health officials alerting local health officials to look out for anyone who might have come in contact with Japanese tourist.

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Hawaii officials in contact with Japanese authorities

State health officials said that y were in contact with Japanese authorities to get more details about his Hawaii travel itinerary. Hawaii is closest US Pacific Island state to origin of dely Coronavirus and has t reported any confirmed case on its land while cased across US stand at 15.

A senior US official on February 14 said that US will begin testing people identified by local health authorities having flu-like symptoms for dely Coronavirus. It is a major step taken by government in response to contain dely global health emergency.

A senior official of CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Nancy Messonnier, said that body h started working with five public health labs across country to conduct community-based influenza surveillance in order to test people with flu-like symptoms. Meanwhile, Coronavirus has killed nearly 1,526 infected over 67,000 people including three outside mainland China.

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(With ncy Inputs)