长安德鲁·库莫（Andrew Cuomo）周日表示，纽约已确认其“首例新型冠状病毒或COVID-19阳性病例”。

       库莫在一份声明中说，该患者是一名三十多岁的妇女，她在伊朗出国旅行时感染了该病毒。

       州长说：“她目前被隔离在家里。病人有呼吸道症状，但病情不严重，自从到达纽约以来一直处于可控状态。”

       诊断是在Cuomo确认在纽约发现了两次可能的感染之后的一天。纽约卫生署今天早些时候证实，最近有两名从伊朗到达该市的人正在接受检查。纽约市卫生部周日晚上告诉《新闻周刊》，另一名患者的检查结果仍在等待中。

       这项积极的测试得到了纽约州奥尔巴尼市沃兹沃思实验室的确认，强调了确保本州高效，快速周转的能力的重要性，这正是我主张副总统迈克·彭斯（Mike Pence）批准纽约获得昨天，”库莫补充说。

       新闻周刊与Cuomo的办公室联系。

       尽管有这一消息，库莫还是敦促市民保持镇定，并提醒公众期待这一积极测试。他说：“没有理由引起过度焦虑-纽约的总体风险仍然很低。我们正在努力处理这种情况，并将继续提供可用的信息。”

       纽约市市长比尔·德布拉西奥（Bill de Blasio）在通过电子邮件发送给《新闻周刊》的声明中重申，该患者“在最近的旅行中感染了该病毒，并在严密监视下被隔离在家中”。

       de Blasio补充说：“我们的卫生部门已经处于高度戒备状态，已经做好了准备数周的准备。” “我们将继续确保纽约人拥有保护自己的事实和资源。”

       纽约市卫生局专员奥西里斯·巴伯特博士说，他们所在州的“疾病侦探已经确定了可能已经暴露在外的患者的密切接触，并将采取适当措施防止COVID-19的传播。”

       巴博特敦促说：“面对新出现的疫情，我们需要将事实与恐惧分开，并防止污名和恐慌。”

       同时，罗德岛州卫生部（RIDOH）周日还确认了该州首例COVID-19疾病阳性推定病例。据新闻稿称，被感染的患者已经四十多岁，上个月中旬访问意大利后，目前正在医院接受治疗。

       “罗德岛州卫生部已经准备了数周的时间，以确保我们拥有一个结构，以尽我们最大的能力来限制或防止COVID-19在罗德岛州的扩散。我们完全期望第一个案例的COVID-19”，妮可·亚历山大·斯科特博士说。“我们在罗德岛没有看到社区广泛传播，罗德岛民的总体风险仍然很低。”

       这两个病例是在美国首例死亡（50多岁的男子）的第二天在本周末在华盛顿州被确认的，该病毒很可能在几周内未被发现传播。官员正在努力确保与死者直接接触的人将开始为期14天的隔离。

NEW YORK CONFIRMS FIRST CORONAVIRUS CASE, GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO SAYS PATIENT IS WOMAN IN LATE 30S

       New York has confirmed its "first positive case of novel coronavirus—or COVID-19," according to Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday.

       In a statement, Cuomo said the patient is a woman in her late thirties who had contracted the virus while traveling abroad in Iran.

       "She is currently isolated in her home. The patient has respiratory symptoms, but is not in serious condition and has been in a controlled situation since arriving to New York," the governor said.

       The diagnosis came one day after Cuomo confirmed two possible infections were identified in New York. The New York Health Department confirmed earlier today that two people who had recently arrived in the city from Iran were being tested. The New York City Department of Health told Newsweek on Sunday evening that the other patient's test results are still pending.

       The positive test was "confirmed by New York's Wadsworth Lab in Albany, underscoring the importance of the ability for our state to ensure efficient and rapid turnaround, and is exactly why I advocated for the approval from Vice President Mike Pence that New York was granted just yesterday," Cuomo added.

       Newsweek reached out to Cuomo's office.

       Despite the news, Cuomo urged citizens to remain calm and reminded the public that the positive test was expected. "There is no reason for undue anxiety—the general risk remains low in New York. We are diligently managing this situation and will continue to provide information as it becomes available," he said.

       In a statement emailed to Newsweek, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio reiterated that the patient "contracted the virus during recent travel and is isolated in her home under close monitoring."

       "Our health authorities have been in a state of high alert for weeks, and are fully prepared to respond," de Blasio added. "We will continue to ensure New Yorkers have the facts and resources they need to protect themselves."

       New York City Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot said that their state's "disease detectives have already identified close contacts of the patient, who may have been exposed, and will take appropriate measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19."

       "As we confront this emerging outbreak, we need to separate facts from fear, and guard against stigma and panic," Barbot urged.

       Meanwhile, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) on Sunday also confirmed their state's first presumptive positive case of the COVID-19 disease. The infected patient, who's in their 40s, is currently being treated in hospital after visiting Italy mid-last month, according to a press release.

       "The Rhode Island Department of Health has been preparing for weeks to ensure that we have a structure in place to, to the best of our ability, limit or prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Rhode Island. We fully anticipated having a first case of COVID-19," Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott said. "We are not seeing widespread community transmission in Rhode Island, and the general level of risk for Rhode Islanders is still low."

       The two cases come one day after the first U.S. death—a man in his 50s—was confirmed this weekend in Washington state, where the virus is likely to have been spreading undetected for weeks. Officials are working to ensure that those who have had direct contact with the deceased individual will begin a 14-day quarantine.