Update from NC Department of Health & Human Services: Patient Tests Negative for 2019-nCoV By Sam Huntley On January 25, 2020 In Community Messages, Duke University The North Carolina Division of Public Health (NC DPH) is reporting that a patient who was being tested for the novel (new) 2019 coronavirus is not infected with the virus. Read more at ncdhhs.gov. Previous Message to the Duke Community Next Update on Coronavirus and Travel to China