Switzerland on its first case

  • Contacts of the patient will now be checked and isolated if they test positive
  • Don't know at which event the patient was infected with the virus
  • No plans at this stage to close schools

The patient is in Ticino, which is just north of the Italian area where the outbreak is ongoing.

In the US, Health and Human Services secretary Alex Azar says there will likely be more cases and that while the US has stockpiles of ventilators and masks, there aren't enough for an outbreak.