US federal health officials say a case of the coronavirus from China has been diagnosed in Seattle, according to reports. https://t.co/P7KVpogJvv

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According to Sky News, the carrier of the virus arrived in the United States from China.

Earlier, the Russian authorities strengthened sanitary-quarantine control at checkpoints on the border with China in connection with the spread of a new coronavirus in China.

Rospotrebnadzor has developed tools for laboratory diagnosis of the new coronavirus.

According to the latest data, a total of 291 cases of 2019-nCoV infection have been registered in China. Six people have passed away.