Possible Case of Chinese Coronavirus Reaches Mexican Border State: Mexican President

Health officials say sickened man had stopped in Tijuana

A man wears a mask while walking in the street in Wuhan, China on Jan. 22, 2020. Getty Images

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Wednesday that officials are investigating a potential case of coronavirus—the mysterious illness that has killed more than a dozen people in China—in the northern state of Tamaulipas, which is located along the U.S.-Mexico border near Texas.

“There is already identification of two cases, one already ruled out and one in Tamaulipas that is under observation,” he said in a press conference, according to El Universal.