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2020-02-27 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
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CDC confirms first coronavirus case in US resident who's not recently been abroad or exposed to another patient
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]- The first case of coronavirus where the origin of the disease is unknown has been confirmed in the United States, officials revealed Wednesday
- The CDC said that the person, in Northern California, had not recently traveled from a foreign country, and had not been in contact with another confirmed case
- The origin of the patient's infection is not known
- News suggests the disease may be spreading locally in the US
- President Trump continued to insist that the risk to Americans is 'low'
- Trump announced Vice-President Mike Pence will be in charge of the nation's response to the disease in a press conference Wednesday
- He said the US would 'spend whatever's appropriate' to deal with the outbreak
- Confirmed cases of coronavirus has reached 60 - with 15 on US soil
A statement from CDC confirmed the first possible instance of 'community spread' in the US Wednesday evening.
'At this time, the patient's exposure is unknown. It's possible this could be an instance of community spread of COVID-19, which would be the first time this has happened in the United States. Community spread means spread of an illness for which the source of infection is unknown,' the statement said.
The CDC did not rule out that the patient may have been in contact with an infected individual who is yet to be diagnosed or linked to the individual.
'It's also possible, however, that the patient may have been exposed to a returned traveler who was infected,' the statement said.
'This case was detected through the US public health system ‐ picked up by astute clinicians. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States to 15.'
Officials are now tracing the infected individual's contacts to see how they may have been infected and if any other individuals may be at risk.
'It is a confirmed case. There is one in Northern California,' CDC spokesman Scott Pauley told The Sacramento Bee just before 4pm Wednesday.
Pauley declined to elaborate on the details.
The CDC did not confirm the identity of the sufferer or where in Northern California the case was discovered.
However, according to KRON 4, state health officials said the patient is a resident from Solano County and is receiving care in Sacramento County.
According to an internal memo from UC Davis Medical Center obtained by CBS13, the patient is being treated at the center in Sacramento.
The memo states that the patient was transferred from another hospital Wednesday February 19 and was already intubated and on a ventilator.
Despite requests from medical center officials for the CDC to test the unknown individual, the patient was only tested for coronavirus on Sunday.
An email said to be from the David Lubarsky, vice-chancellor of human health services, and Brad Simmons, interim CEO of UC Davis Medical Center Officials confirmed that the test had come back positive Wednesday, reported Davis Enterprise.
'Today the CDC confirmed the patient's test was positive,' said the email.
'This is not the first COVID-19 patient we have treated, and because of the precautions we have had in place since this patient's arrival, we believe there has been minimal potential for exposure here at UC Davis Medical Center,' the email said.
The email said staff members had been warned to go into isolation and to stay vigilant to any developing symptoms.
'A small number of medical center employees have been asked to stay home and monitor their temperatures,' the email said. 
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