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Since the first coronavirus case was confirmed in New York City, Purell and other hand sanitizers have been flying off shelves.
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Since the first coronavirus case was confirmed in New York City, Purell and other hand sanitizers have been flying off shelves.
There's a coordinated effort to retrace the patient's steps to see who else may have been exposed to the disease.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said it's a 50-year-old man who lives in New Rochelle and works in Manhattan.
While many people might be concerned about actually getting sick from the coronavirus, there is another way it could affect your health without you ever being exposed to the virus.
Investors seem unimpressed with the Federal Reserve's largest interest rate cut since 2008, pushing down stocks amid mounting concerns over the coronavirus.
Transit officials said this new protocol ensures the full fleet will be sanitized every 72 hours, all to prevent the disease from spreading.
Gov. Cuomo said the woman developed respiratory symptoms but otherwise described her condition as "mild."
Gov. Phil Murphy says the state continues to be on high alert, working closely with hospitals and schools to make sure everyone stays safe.
As fears surrounding coronavirus spread around the world, here at home, many people are starting to worry that basic necessities will sell out in the event of an epidemic.
The Center for Discovery and Innovation at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine is developing a test for patients suspected of having the virus.
The patient is a Manhattan woman in her 30s who recently traveled to Iran. She is currently in isolation.
The New York City Health Department said Saturday that tests came back negative for a city resident who recently traveled to Italy and was showing symptoms.
President Trump said at a news conference that 22 patients in the United States currently have coronavirus. He said additional cases are likely in the U.S. but that healthy individuals should be able to fully recover.
That means patients there can know if they have the virus much sooner. Local testing has not been approved in New York.
Fears of the virus are making stocks extremely volatile for the seventh day. At one point, the Dow was down nearly 1,000 points.
As the coronavirus keeps spreading, some people worry that basic goods will be hard to find, so they're stockpiling foods and other supplies.
The World Health Organization is working to keep the outbreak contained as facilities across the world struggle to keep up.
Testing to determine whether or not the resident has coronavirus will take at least 36 to 48 hours.
At the hospital, they know there's a good chance they'll treat a patient with the potentially deadly novel coronavirus sooner than later.
There are now more than 82,000 confirmed coronavirus cases globally. Sixty are in the United States.
There is still widespread anxiety about the coronavirus and skepticism about local and federal ability to deal with the virus should an outbreak become widespread in this country.
The spread of the coronavirus is impacting travel around the world, well beyond China, as passengers are on alert.
Global markets are now down for the sixth straight day, and experts say many investors are realizing the economic impact could be much worse than first thought.
This comes as the CDC urges the public to prepare for the "inevitable" spread of the coronavirus within the country.
There are no confirmed cases in the Tri-State Area, but the chance for an outbreak is not being taken lightly.
