Person diagnosed with coronavirus believed to have contracted the disease through the community

A person in Oregon diagnosed with a presumptive case of the novel coronavirus had no known travel exposure and is believed to have contracted the disease through the community.

A presumptive case means that a test at a state, county or city lab shows that someone has tested positive for coronavirus, but that result has not yet been confirmed by the CDC’s lab in Atlanta.

This case is the third in the US where the person is believed to have contracted the disease through the community, meaning they haven't traveled to an infected area or had contact with a person known to be infected with the virus.

There was no known travel exposure for this individual, so this is a case of community spread of the disease, much like the case from California earlier this week.

The person is from Washington County and is being treated at a Kaiser Permanente hospital.

The first case of "community spread" occurred in California.

The person did not have any relevant travel history or known contact with another infected person.

Malaysia has confirmed two new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total tally up to 25 on Friday, according to a report from state media Bernama.

The two new cases are a 41-year-old female Japanese citizen and a 54-year-old male Italian national.

The woman traveled to Japan in January and to Indonesia in early February.

She developed a fever on February 17.

The man traveled to Italy from February 15 to 21 and started having a fever, cough, and joint and body pains on February 22.

The country has imposed restrictions on travelers from the South Korean cities of Daegu and Cheongdo, current virus hot-spots, according to the report.

Malaysian nationals, permanent residents and students returning to Malaysia from these two locations will be subject to a 14-day quarantine.

The Australian Department of Health has confirmed that 25 people have been infected with coronavirus, up on the previous 22 cases.

Of those 25, 15 people have reportedly recovered and the rest are in stable condition.

Nine cases are associated with the repatriation flight to bring passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship home from Japan, according to the country's health department.

The novel coronavirus has killed more than 2,800 people worldwide, the vast majority in mainland China.

There have been more than 83,000 global cases, with infections in every continent except Antarctica.

[Source:CNN]