County confirms no known local cases of coronavirus

Gallatin City-County Health Department (GCCHD) confirmed last week that there have been no known cases of 2019 novel coronavirus in Gallatin County or Montana.

GCCHD officials also confirmed that to date, GCCHD has monitored five individuals who returned from mainland China. One individual required a medical evaluation and was determined not to have coronavirus after testing. That patient, and all others, have completed monitoring with no coronavirus concerns identified.

"It is welcome news that we don't have cases of 2019 novel coronavirus in Gallatin County or Montana," said Matt Kelley, Hea...