all reported first cases today. in the last half hour, china raised the death toll from 41 to 56 people. the number of confirmed cases have also risen to just under 2000. and now, the city of wuhan where the outbreak started, is joined by 12 more chinese cities, isolating about 50 million people. today the french automaker psa group evacuated families from wuhan, the u.s. has had two confirmed cases, a woman from chicago and a man in washington state, both traveled recently to china. the cdc says it is monitoring 63 possible cases in 22 states. here in the bay area, alameda county officials say they are monitoring no more than 10 possible cases. christina coleman has the latest on the outbreak. reporter: the rapidly spreading virus is a grave situation according to china s president. the outbreak, which began last month in central china, has killed dozens and sickened hundreds in at least 10 countries including the u.s. officials are scrambling to slow the transmission. t
While most physicians organizations advise against befriending patients, doctors walk a fine line between providing warm, empathic care and hanging out with them.