CDC announces change in how confirmed US cases of #COVID19 will be categorized. Listen to audio from today’s telebriefing: bit.ly/39Rsape. 
There are now 2 categories of #COVID19 cases in the US: 1) Cases detected through the domestic public health systems, and 2) cases among people who were repatriated via @StateDept flights from Wuhan (China) & from the Diamond Princess cruise ship (Japan). cdc.gov/COVID19.
Fourteen cases of #COVID19 have been detected through US public health systems; only 2 of those were from person-to-person spread. CDC will update #COVID19 cases counts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. bit.ly/3aNsqXL.
Nearly all people flown back to the US from Wuhan, China on chartered @StateDept flights have completed their 14-day quarantine. They are returning to family and friends and are not a risk for spreading the virus to others. #COVID19
Passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship now in the US are either in quarantine or isolation. Because the ship was a closed setting with a lot of spread, passengers are considered at high risk for #COVID19 infection; many more may become ill.
Novel coronavirus represents a very serious public health threat and CDC continues to take unprecedented aggressive action to help fight this virus. #COVID19 bit.ly/3apDji6.
