US confirms China virus case and widens airport screening

First patient outside Asia brings total to five countries

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An airport officer walks past international travelers arriving at Los Angeles International Airport on the first day of coronavirus screenings for people coming from Wuhan, China, on Jan. 18.  © Getty Images

SHIN WATANABE and ALEX FANG, Nikkei staff writers

DALIAN, China/NEW YORK -- American health authorities on Tuesday confirmed the first case of a traveler in the U.S. infected with a new coronavirus from China, after Chinese officials reported that more than 300 people have been diagnosed so far.

America's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the infected patient was in Washington state after returning to the country last week from the Chinese city of Wuhan, believed to be the source of the outbreak.

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