Missouri virus case shows 1 exposure can mean major response

Tuesday, March 10, 2020 ~ Updated 10:18 PM

CLAYTON, Mo. -- The 20-something college student didn't know she had the new coronavirus as she flew home from a study-abroad program in Italy, landing at one of the nation's busiest airports. She took a train to a St. Louis station shared by Amtrak and the Greyhound bus service. Her father, who was exposed to her but shows no signs of illness, went to a coffee shop and took another daughter to a father-daughter dance at a hotel and a house party.

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