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J Public Health (Oxf). 2020 Apr 20. pii: fdaa054. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa054. [Epub ahead of print]
Documented early circulation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Florida, USA, since February 2020.
Miglietta A[SUP]1[/SUP], Levi M[SUP]1[/SUP].
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In this Update, we document the circulation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Florida, USA, since February 2020. On 8th March 2020, a confirmed case of COVID-19 was notified to the Health Authority of Central Tuscany, Florence, Italy. The patient developed symptoms on 3rd March while staying in Miami where he arrived on 12th February. The case returned to Italy on 6th March and was admitted to a local hospital of Florence on 7th March with fever (38.2?C/100.4?F), cough and breathing difficulties. First COVID-19 cases in Florida where confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on 2nd March as imported cases. Therefore, this event documents COVID-19 circulation in Florida at least since mid-February 2020.
? The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; Case Report
PMID:32307519DOI:10.1093/pubmed/fdaa054
Documented early circulation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Florida, USA, since February 2020.
Miglietta A[SUP]1[/SUP], Levi M[SUP]1[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
In this Update, we document the circulation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Florida, USA, since February 2020. On 8th March 2020, a confirmed case of COVID-19 was notified to the Health Authority of Central Tuscany, Florence, Italy. The patient developed symptoms on 3rd March while staying in Miami where he arrived on 12th February. The case returned to Italy on 6th March and was admitted to a local hospital of Florence on 7th March with fever (38.2?C/100.4?F), cough and breathing difficulties. First COVID-19 cases in Florida where confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on 2nd March as imported cases. Therefore, this event documents COVID-19 circulation in Florida at least since mid-February 2020.
? The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; Case Report
PMID:32307519DOI:10.1093/pubmed/fdaa054