A person who attended a journalism conference in New Orleans last week has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

In a statement, officials with the Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) with the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia said one of its members who attended The National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR) 2020 conference in New Orleans last week has tested presumptively positive for the novel virus, or COVID-19. The IRE on Tuesday said the final results were pending from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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“IRE is notifying conference attendees now so that individuals can make their own decisions on how best to proceed,” officials said in a statement.

“The attendee traveled from within the United States to the conference in New Orleans and was present from Thursday (March 5) until Saturday afternoon (March 7). Based on …continued .
[Source: Fox News]