At least 17 dead as Chinese coronavirus spreads, despite efforts to contain it
1/22/20
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from The Washington Post,
1/22/20:
The new coronavirus continued to spread across China and nearby countries Wednesday, with authorities in the province where it began reporting that 17 people have now died as a result of infection, almost tripling in a day.
President Trump said from Davos, Switzerland, where he was attending the World Economic Forum, that Americans have nothing to worry about because there was only a single case in the United States so far. “It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control,” he said.
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