US officials say a second person in the US has been diagnosed with the deadly corona-virus.
The patient is a woman in her 60s who had returned home to Chicago from Wuhan in China – where the outbreak began – on January 13.
US officials say there are 63 patients in 22 US states being monitored for signs of the rare respiratory illness.
Globally, there are more than 800 confirmed cases of the virus, which has killed 26 people in China.
State officials say the woman is in isolation in hospital and is stable.
