China’s Jiangsu develops rapid test kit for coronavirus

The kit was the joint work of experts from the National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention and a Wuxi-based high-tech company. The company received a notice to develop the kit on Jan. 20.
The kit is undergoing mass production. The company said it can produce kits for 4,000 people a day, and the city government is helping the company expand production.
— Read on www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-01/31/c_138745729.htm

Coronavirus update: First U.S. case of person-to-person transmission confirmed, 195 U.S. citizens in isolation and WHO declares a public health emergency

A new U.S. task force led by Health and Human Services chief Alex Azar is the latest effort by officials to prepare for additional cases of the novel…
— Read on www.marketwatch.com/story/coronavirus-update-a-new-task-force-195-us-citizens-in-isolation-and-who-to-decide-if-its-a-public-health-emergency-2020-01-30

The sixth case is the husband of the first confirmed case in Illinois, a woman in her 60s.

No evidence that Chinese officials will say coronavirus was leaked from a lab

A website with ties to Steve Bannon and a Chinese billionaire is claiming to have a scoop on the source of the coronavirus. In an article published Jan. 25, G News wrote that Chinese Communist Party officials would soon “admit that the real source of the coronavirus is from ‘a lab in Wuhan (China)’ linked to its covert biological weapon programs.” “A reliable source told Miles Guo today that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will admit to the public of an ‘accidental’ leak of lab-created virus from a P4 lab in Wuhan to put blames on ‘human errors,’” the article …
— Read on www.politifact.com/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2020/jan/28/blog-posting/no-evidence-chinese-officials-will-say-coronavirus/