According to the state Department of Health, the virus was discovered in a resident of Boston, who returned from Wuhan, China.
It is noted that he sought medical help and is currently in isolation.
“This is the eighth new 2019 coronavirus infection reported in the United States. The risk to the public due to the new 2019 coronavirus in Massachusetts remains low, ”the report said.
Earlier, US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar announced a decision to introduce an emergency regime in the country due to the spread of a new type of coronavirus 2019-nCoV.
The US State Department raised the risk of travel to China to the highest, fourth, and urged not to travel to this country due to coronavirus.