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handle is hein.crs/govbhyz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Researh Service Another Coronavirus Emerges: U.S. Domestic Response to 2019-nCoV January 29, 2020 The Emergence of 2019-nCoV On December 31, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) was infoned of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China. Illnesses have since been linked to a previously unidentified strain of coronavirus, designated 2019 novel Coronavirus, or 2019-nCoV. To date, thousands have been infected, mostly in China, and over 100 have died. The disease has spread to several other countries, including the United States. As the scope of the epidemic widened in China, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated on January 27, 2020, that the immediate health risk from the new virus to the general American public is low currently. With the situation rapidly changing, both WHO and CDC post frequent updates. Coronaviruses (see Figure 1) are common respiratory pathogens, usually causing mild illnesses such as the common cold. The global health community is closely monitoring 2019-nCoV because of the severity of symptoms (including death) among those infected, and the speed of its spread worldwide. 2019-nCoV is causing the third-serious novel coronavirus outbreak in modem times, following severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002 and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in 2012. Experts do not know the origin of 2019-nCoV, though genetic analysis and other features suggest an animal source. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11212 CFRS NS GHT Prepaimed for Mernbeis and Committees of Congress .....