Documented early circulation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Florida, USA, since February 2020

Authors

Alessandro Miglietta, Health Authority of Central Tuscany, Italy
Miriam Levi, Health Authority of Central Tuscany, Italy

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-18-2020

Keywords

Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, Coronavirus Infections, Disease Outbreaks, Early Diagnosis, Florida, Humans, Italy, Male, Middle Aged, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Viral, SARS-CoV-2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaa054

Abstract

In this Update, we document the circulation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Florida, USA, since February 2020. On 8th March 2020, a confirmed case of COVID-19 was notified to the Health Authority of Central Tuscany, Florence, Italy. The patient developed symptoms on 3rd March while staying in Miami where he arrived on 12th February. The case returned to Italy on 6th March and was admitted to a local hospital of Florence on 7th March with fever (38.2°C/100.4°F), cough and breathing difficulties. First COVID-19 cases in Florida where confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on 2nd March as imported cases. Therefore, this event documents COVID-19 circulation in Florida at least since mid-February 2020.

Comments

Free access of article available on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32307519/

Citation / Publisher Attribution

Journal of Public Health, v. 42, issue 3. p. 517-518

Scholar Commons Citation

Miglietta, Alessandro and Levi, Miriam, "Documented early circulation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Florida, USA, since February 2020" (2020). All publications. 136.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_fcrc_all/136