Rumors In Las Vegas swirl of Coronavirus hitting the City and infected coming into Emergency Rooms.

A rumor started on twitter by an account named Las Vegas locally has said that the Coronavirus is in the Naked City. The user said that a chinese national who flu into the city earlier in the month has tested positive for the disease and is in Southern Hills Hospital. They are a local scuttlebutt of information with sources throughout the Las Vegas area. They said a source told them of the infected.

NO CASES: The Southern Nevada Health District tells FOX5 there are no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Clark County.

Still, the city is feeling the effects of the illness in other ways. Watch FOX5 News at 10 for more from @chrisredreports.

— FOX5 Las Vegas (@FOX5Vegas) January 29, 2020

The report set off a whirlwind of mini panic throughout the city via social media. State and County health officials denied the report initially, saying that the information was false. The hospital also denied the information, sending an internal email to hospital staff telling them to deny the reports and that there was no coronavirus in Las Vegas. Las Vegas Locally goes on to say that the source believes this to be incorrect.

Deleting our original coronavirus tweet until we can get further confirmation of the details. Also, source shares that patient has been moved to a different hospital.

— Las Vegas Locally 🌴 (@LasVegasLocally) January 29, 2020

Update: original source shares internal email from Southern Hills CEO Alexis Mussi stating the hospital has not seen any coronavirus patients. Source believes this to be incorrect. pic.twitter.com/37ZSgxPgNV

— Las Vegas Locally 🌴 (@LasVegasLocally) January 29, 2020

Nonetheless, to remain accurate, Las Vegas Locally deleted their original tweet.

Then, this morning, reports came out from the Clark County Health Department that confirmed the initial report.

First potential case of the Coronavirus here in Clark County. The Southern Nevada Health District says the patient is in isolation at a local hospital while undergoing testing. pic.twitter.com/iMwXrgcwwY

— Megan Messerly (@meganmesserly) January 29, 2020

It looks like coronavirus is in the Naked City after all.

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