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A
Washington man

is 1st in U.S. to catch

new virus from China

By CARLA K. JOHNSON and sidered a threat to medical
MIKE STOBBE staff or the public, health
SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. on officials said.
Tuesday reported its first U.S. officials stressed that
case of a new and poten- they believe the virus' over-
tially deadly virus circulat- all risk to the American
ing in China, saying a Wash- public remained low.
ington state resident who “This is not a moment of
returned last week from the high anxiety,” Gov. Jay
outbreak's epicenter was Inslee said. The newly dis-
hospitalized near Seattle. covered virus has infected
The man, identified as a about 300 people, all of
Snohomish County resident whom had been in China, Providence Regional Medical Center Everett where a man with the first case of coronavirus in the
is in his 30s, was in good and killed six. United States is being treated on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, in Everett, Wash.
condition and wasn't con- Continued on Page 2 Associated Press