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<br />Snyder, Janet <br />From:McMillan, Cindy <Cindy.McMillan@hawaii.gov> <br />Sent:Thursday, January 30, 2020 1:07 PM <br />To:Snyder, Janet <br />Subject:FW: NEWS RELEASE: DOH prepares for 2019 novel coronavirus <br />FYI – USE AS YOU SEE FIT! <br />From: DOH.dirclerk <br />Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 11:43 AM <br />Subject: NEWS RELEASE: DOH prepares for 2019 novel coronavirus <br /> <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH <br />DAVID Y. IGE <br />GOVERNOR <br />BRUCE ANDERSON, PhD <br />DIRECTOR <br /> <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br />January 29, 2020 20-008 <br /> <br />Hawai‘i Department of Health Prepares for <br />2019 novel coronavirus <br /> <br />HONOLULU – Although the risk to the general public is low, the Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) is <br />working with state, county, and federal partners including the medical community and the Centers for Disease <br />Control and Prevention (CDC) to actively prepare for possible cases of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019- <br />nCoV). Last week, the DOH alerted the medical community and information for healthcare providers has been <br />posted at www.health.hawaii.gov. <br /> <br />Currently, there are no cases of 2019-nCoV identified in Hawai‘i and the risk to the general public is low. The <br />novel coronavirus originated in Wuhan, China and currently there are more than 6,000 cases confirmed in <br />China and at least 17 countries. This includes 132 deaths in China. There have been at least 5 cases in the <br />U.S. of people who traveled to Wuhan or other areas in China and no evidence of person to person spread of <br />the virus in the U.S. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />