3 Being Monitored In New Haven For Coronavirus

NEW HAVEN, CT — Three people who recently returned from China are being voluntarily monitored for coronavirus, according to NBC CT. Officials said the three being monitored are not showing any symptoms and will be monitored until March 6, following CDC guidelines for travelers returning from China.

Across the world, at least 80,000 people have been infected and 2,700 people have died from the noval coronavirus, creating a global pandemic, according to the World Health Organization. It is spreading so quickly overseas that infectious disease experts and scientists warn there may be no way to contain it.

Connecticut has had coronavirus scares.

A Wesleyan student who recently returned from a trip to Asia had a fever and cough and was isolated, but ultimately tested negative for COVID-19.

In Uncasville, a St. Bernard School student who traveled to China was likewise monitored after showing respiratory symptoms similar to those of the new virus, but was later cleared.

Another feared coronavirus victim, a high school student from China participating in a conference at Yale University in New Haven, had been placed in isolation before testing positive for only influenza.