News Alert: Coronavirus prompts CDC to expand travel warning to all of China; top U.S. health official urges Beijing to admit disease experts

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said China has been more transparent in this outbreak than it was in the 2003 SARS outbreak, but U.S. officials are still not getting any direct scientific data. He noted that China's health minister said Sunday the virus could be transmitted by an infected person before symptoms even appear. "That was a major potential game-changer that gets spoken to us in a press briefing," Fauci told The Washington Post. "We should have seen the data."

Democracy Dies in Darkness     News Alert Jan 27, 5:51 PM     Coronavirus prompts CDC to expand travel warning to all of China; top U.S. health official urges Beijing to admit disease experts Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said China has been more transparent in this outbreak than it was in the 2003 SARS outbreak, but U.S. officials are still not getting any direct scientific data. He noted that China's health minister said Sunday the virus could be transmitted by an infected person before symptoms even appear. "That was a major potential game-changer that gets spoken to us in a press briefing," Fauci told The Washington Post. "We should have seen the data." Read more » Advertisement You received this email because you signed up for news alerts from The Washington Post. Manage my newsletters and alerts | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Help ©2020 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071