At the time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it still wasn't clear how easily the virus could spread from person to person.
It's been three years since COVID-19 was first detected in the U.S. On Jan. 20, 2020, a man in Washington tested positive for the virus after returning from Wuhan, China.
The situation would rapidly evolve with the World Health Organization declaring a pandemic on March 11, 2020.
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