Now, three patients in the city are being tested for the coronavirus.

[Coronavirus in New York: What we know so far.]

Here is the latest:

The patients

One patient is being treated at Bellevue Medical Center, and had a “fever, cough and a runny nose,” according to the city’s health commissioner, Dr. Oxiris Barbot.

Two others are being treated at hospitals in Flushing, Queens. They are both over 60 years old, with symptoms that include fever, coughing and shortness of breath, Dr. Barbot said.

All three had recently been in China.

The virus

The new coronavirus causes a respiratory illness whose symptoms include fever, cough and shortness of breath. Initially, it may resemble flu or a bad cold.