The illness is on every continent except Antarctica, with more new cases now being reported outside China than within. But how threatening is the outbreak, really?
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What began as a public health crisis in China is well on the way to becoming a pandemic. And while there is a lot of news about the coronavirus, there is also a lack of understanding about the severity of the threat. As officials warn of a potential outbreak in the U.S., we ask: How bad could the coronavirus get?
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Coronavirus Risk in the U.S. Is ‘Very Low,’ Trump Says
President Trump and C.D.C. officials held a news conference on the threat to the American public from the new coronavirus.
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Because of all we’ve done, the risk to the American people remains very low. We have the greatest experts in the world, really in the world, right here — the people that are called upon by other countries when things like this happen. We — we’re ready to adapt and we’re ready to do whatever we have to as the disease spreads, if it spreads. The level that we’ve had in our country is very low. And those people are getting better — or, we think that in almost all cases … We have in quarantine those infected and those at risk. We have a lot of great quarantine facilities. We’re rapidly developing a vaccine — and they can speak to you, the professionals can speak to you about that. The vaccine is coming along well, and in speaking to the doctors, we think this is something that we can develop fairly rapidly, a vaccine, for the future. We’re very, very ready for this, for anything, whether it’s going to be a breakout of larger proportions or whether or not we’re — you know, we’re at that very low level. And we want to keep it that way.
Donald G. McNeil Jr. contributed reporting.
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