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Transmission electron microscopic image of an isolate from the first U.S. case of COVID-19, formerly known as 2019-nCoV.

First Instance of COVID-19 Community Spread Confirmed in Stark County

This announcement comes only hours after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a global pandemic.
By Megan Parker, Editor-in-Chief • March 11, 2020

One person is in isolation at Mercy Medical Center in Canton after testing positive for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of cases in Ohio to four. This is the first confirmed...

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