Coronavirus will spread to U.S. communities, federal health officials said Tuesday, in what was a dramatic departure from past assurances that the risk to Americans was low. `Ultimately, we expect we will see community spread in this country,` said Dr. Nancy Messonier, one of the country´s top health officials. `It´s not so much a question of if this will happen anymore, but rather a question of exactly when this will happen, and exactly how many people in this country will have severe illness.` Nearly 77,000 people have so far fallen ill with the new coronavirus, called COVID-19, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers, and nearly 2,500 people have died. Oregon...
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