This week, health officials across New York have sent samples — taken by means of an oral swab, nasal swab and by asking the patient to spit — from at least 10 people to the C.D.C. Some people on the last direct flights from Wuhan to Kennedy International Airport — before they were canceled last week — have been in self-imposed quarantine at their homes, limiting their contact with their own families. “I think the Chinese community also doesn’t want to be scapegoated,” said Amy Chin, a genealogist and cultural activist. “Those of us who know our history, there is a sensitivity.” Ms. Chin was referring to a quarantine of San Francisco’s Chinatown more than a century ago amid fears over the plague. This weekend, Wu Hongguang, chairman of the Wenzhou Association, canceled his group’s Lunar New Year celebration at the Royal Queen restaurant in Flushing because of the virus.

Source: New York Times January 29, 2020 20:37 UTC