Coronavirus may have spread undetected for weeks in Washington state, which reported first two deaths in U.S.

Posted on AllSides March 2nd, 2020
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Healthcare, coronavirus, Washington

The coronavirus has been circulating undetected and has possibly infected scores of people over the past six weeks in Washington state, according to a genetic analysis of virus samples that has sobering implications for the entire country amid heightening anxiety about the likely spread of the disease.

The researchers conducted genetic sequencing of two virus samples. One is from a patient who traveled from China to Snohomish County in mid-January and was the first person diagnosed with the disease in the United States. The other came from a recently diagnosed...

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