CDC officials said the United States will be more strict about health screenings of airplane passengers arriving from Wuhan. He arrived at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on January 15, before any health screenings for the Wuhan coronavirus began at US airports. Based on the patient's symptoms and travel history, doctors suspected the novel Wuhan coronavirus and sent specimens to the CDC in Atlanta, where tests Monday confirmed the virus. Person-to-person transmission of Wuhan virusThe Wuhan coronavirus is in the same family as severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS , which killed more than 700 people in 2002 and 2003, and Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS. On Tuesday, the CDC activated its emergency response system in response to the Wuhan coronavirus.

Source: CNN January 21, 2020 18:14 UTC