Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak tweeted on Monday that he and his wife may have been among the first in the U.S. to have the 2019 Novel Coronavirus after returning from a trip abroad.
Wozniak said on Twitter that his wife Janet has been suffering from respiratory distress for nearly two months, noting that her symptoms started on Jan. 4.
The tweet was geotagged from Foursquare, indicating that he and his wife were being examined at Santa Clara's West Coast Sports Institute.
Checking out Janet’s bad cough. Started Jan. 4. We had just returned from China and may have both been patient zero in U.S. (@ West Coast Sports Institute in Santa Clara, CA) https://t.co/MRNHqithEU
— Steve Wozniak (@stevewoz) March 2, 2020
However, according to the USA Today, Janet sent them an email indicating she had a sinus infection.
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