“What — heaven forbid — happens if an employee or staff member gets exposed to one of these agents, or even worse than that, gets infected, where are you going to put them? You can’t just call up a local hospital and say, ‘I’ve got somebody who has anthrax, make up a bed,’” he said. Still, the risk of infection outside of China remains low, and the virus is considered a less immediate threat than the seasonal flu. Before arriving in Omaha, the 13 patients — all adults — had been stuck for days aboard a cruise ship in Yokohama, Japan, where Japanese officials have confirmed more than 400 cases of the virus. But during a chaotic evacuation on Monday, the decision was apparently reversed at the last minute.

Source: International New York Times February 18, 2020 22:52 UTC