Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak claims he and his wife may have been ‘patient zero’ in the U.S. for coronavirus after suffering a cough since returning from China two months ago … but wife says it’s just a sinus infection
- Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak claimed on Monday that he and his wife may have both been ‘patient zero’ for the coronavirus in the U.S
- The 69-year-old tweeted that his wife Janet had been suffering a bad cough since the couple returned from a trip to China two months ago
- He said his wife’s cough started on January 4 and added they may have ‘both been patient zero’ in the U.S.
- Janet quashed speculation by confirming that she actually has a sinus infection
- Wozniak’s bizarre tweet came soon after health officials announced that the death toll from coronavirus in the U.S. had climbed to six
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak’s bizarre claim that he and his wife may have both been ‘patient zero’ for coronavirus in the U.S. turned out to be a false alarm after his wife confirmed that she was suffering from a sinus infection.
Wozniak sparked speculation by tweeting on Monday that his wife Janet was seeing a doctor about a bad cough she developed two months ago after the couple returned from a trip to China.
‘Checking out Janet’s bad cough. Started Jan. 4. We had just returned from China and may have both been patient zero in U.S.,’ the 69-year-old wrote in the post, which came soon after health officials announced that the American coronavirus death toll had climbed to six.
But his wife quickly quashed any suspicions, telling USA TODAY that her cough was actually due to a sinus infection.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak claimed on Monday that he and his wife Janet may have both been ‘patient zero’ for the coronavirus in the U.S. following a trip to China two months ago
Wozniak tweeted on Monday that his wife Janet had been suffering a bad cough for two months after they returned from a trip to China. The post was originally written in a check-in on the Swarm app, which indicated he was at the West Coast Sports Institute in Santa Clara
Wozniak’s post was originally written in a check-in on the Swarm app, which indicated he and his wife were at the West Coast Sports Institute in Santa Clara, California. The check-in was then cross-posted to Twitter.
He did not mention when he’d visited China or where he visited in the country where the outbreak originated in late December.
His previous Swarm app activity shows three check-ins in Vietnam from December 27 to 29, but no mention of China.
On January 9, Wozniak checked in to his home in Los Gatos, California, and wrote: ‘Recovering from serious illness caught during cruise.’
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. rose to 103 on Monday afternoon. The majority of individuals affected had recently traveled abroad.
So far, 10 states, including California and New York, have confirmed or presumed coronavirus cases.
All six deaths have occurred in Seattle, Washington and five of those were linked to the LifeCare long-term aged care facility in Kirkland in King County.
Wozniak’s post came soon after health officials announced that the death toll from coronavirus in the U.S. had climbed to six. The number of confirmed cases in the U.S. has now risen to 103
U.S. stocks pared gains following the announcement of an increase in fatalities and the number of cases. World stock markets, after a weeklong slide on coronavirus fears, on Monday regained a measure of calm amid hope of a possible stimulus.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose state has one confirmed case, welcomed a CDC decision allowing New York to test for the virus that has killed more than 3,000 people worldwide since it emerged in China in December.
‘I would like to have a goal of 1,000-tests-per-day capacity within one week because, again, the more testing, the better,’ Cuomo said at a briefing on Monday.
Federal health officials have said the number of test kits for coronavirus would be radically expanded in coming weeks. The United States appeared poised for a spike in cases, partly because there would be more testing to confirm infections.
Protective gear and test kits were being distributed to U.S. military facilities with a priority on distribution to the Korean Peninsula, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army General Mark Milley, said at a briefing.