US officials said months ago risk to the public was low. But the virus was already spreading No Comments Uncategorized New research and two February deaths confirmed as virus-related is adding to evidence that coronavirus was spreading in the US much earlier than experts initially thought. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)