The Chicago woman who was the first person in Illinois to have coronavirus has passed the illness on to her husband. State health officials say this is the first reported person to person transmission of the virus in the United States. The woman contracted the virus while in Wuhan China early this year and then returned home to Chicago. 

Allison Arwardy, Commissioner of the Public Health for the City of Chicago says the public shouldn’t begin to worry too much because the virus is passed by close person to person contact.

The man was hospitalized two days ago. Officials say that this is not a local emergency and the sick man has been helpful in letting officials know about his personal contact and travel in the area. They say he did not take public transportation since his wife returned from China.