Detection and Genetic Characterization of Community-Based SARS-CoV-2 Infections — New York City, March 2020

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6928a5.htm
The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene conducted sentinel surveillance of influenza-like symptoms (ILS) and genetic sequencing to characterize community transmission and determine the geographic origin of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Among 544 specimens tested from persons with ILS and negative influenza test results, 36 (6.6%) were positive. Genetically sequenced positive specimens most closely resembled sequences circulating in Europe. Trump’s lie collapses.

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