US - CDC Media Advisory: CDC Media Telebriefing: Update on 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) today at 11:30 am ET

[sharon sanders]

From: "Media@cdc.gov (CDC)" <sohco@CDC.GOV>
To: MMWR-MEDIA@LISTSERV.CDC.GOV
Subject: Media Advisory: CDC Media Telebriefing: Update on 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
Date: Feb 3, 2020 10:50 AM

Media Advisory

For Immediate Release
Monday, February 3, 2020

Contact: CDC Media Relations
(404) 639-3286

CDC Media Telebriefing: Update on 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

What The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will provide an update to media on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus response.

Who Nancy Messonnier, M.D., Director,
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

When 11:30 a.m. ET Monday, February 3, 2020

Dial-In

Media: 800-857-9756
International: 1-212-287-1647
PASSCODE: redacted

Non-Media: 888-795-0855


International: 1-630-395-0498
PASSCODE: redacted

Important Instructions
Due to anticipated high volume, please plan to dial in to the telebriefing 15 minutes before the start time.

Media: If you would like to ask a question during the call, press *1 on your touchtone phone. Press *2 to withdraw your question. You may queue up at any time. You will hear a tone to indicate your question is pending.

TRANSCRIPT
A transcript will be available following the briefing at CDC’s web site: www.cdc.gov/media.
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[sharon sanders]

teleconference notes:


5 more US infections, total is 11.

4 of 5 have travel history to Wuhan, 1 of 5 is a close contact of a known case.

Expect this to continue.

167 persons under investigation have tested negative

82 tests pending on possible cases

CDC has isolated virus

Will submit an emergency request to FDA to be able to use new CDC test

Negative test does not quarantee 100% disease free. Infection might be new in person's body and is not picked up by test yet.

CDC is issuing additional guidance for travelers

Travel policy will not catch every case. Goal is to slow entry in the US.

Dept of State bringing more people back from Wuhan. Will be under quarantine for 14 days.

"A very serious health threat" Preparing like this is the next pandemic.

Rumor control? Holding press conferences to get correct information out. Asking for journalists to help in getting credible data out. American public is at low risk. Focus is now on travelers.

Name is temporary.

11 airports are heaving screening: JFK, O"Hare, SFO, Seattle, Honolulu, LAX, Atlanta, Washington Dulles, Dallas, Newark, Detroit.

Only 195 quarantined - the original people from Wuhan. (My comment: Except what about the hospitalized people? Aren't they essentially quarantined also?)

No deaths in the US. Some patients have had some oxygen requirements.

Where do quarantined people from the airports go? Working on plan. Might be different per location. Many localities have pandemic plans and have an idea where they will place these people.

17k in China with a novel virus with no immunity. Large expanding outbreak. Community transmission in China. All worrisome data points.

Goal is to slow this thing down.

"Unprecedented threat"

Is CDC panicking? Horrible situation in China. Lots of disruption. Hearts go out to them.

CDC has strong scientists. CDC would be a help to China. Science should trump everything else.

 

[Andre DuMouchel]

Thank you Sharon Sanders for the summary