Cases of the novel coronavirus have begun to install in the United States and are anticipated to continue to grow in the coming weeks as the virus spreads and testing increases.
” We are facing a historic public health difficulty,” said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. “We will continue to react to COVID-19 in an aggressive method to include and blunt the threat of this infection. While we still hope for the very best, we continue to prepare for this infection to become extensive in the United States.”
In California, a minimum of 40 cases have actually been reported. Twenty-four cases were people who captured the virus either on the Diamond Princess cruise ship or in Wuhan, China, where the break out was first reported, and were then repatriated to the U.S. and quarantined at California military bases. An extra 16 cases were in returning tourists or, in at least 5 circumstances, people who contracted the virus in their neighborhood.
Alameda County
One case has been reported, a health care worker at NorthBay VacaValley Health center whose diagnosis was revealed Sunday
The county declared a regional emergency situation when the outcomes were returned.
Humboldt County
Authorities revealed Feb. 19 that a Humboldt County local who had just recently taken a trip to China had been identified with the coronavirus. The person self-isolated in the house and has since been cleared and launched, authorities said.
A tourist uses a mask at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport on Feb. 8.
( Genaro Molina/ Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles
There has been one confirmed case, in a Wuhan resident who was flying through Los Angeles International Airport on Jan. 22 on his way back to China, and presented himself for care at LAX once he saw he wasn’t feeling well, L.A. County public health officials announced Jan. 26
The patient was taken from LAX directly to a healthcare facility, was quarantined for 14 days and has actually now been launched, said L.A. County public health director Barbara Ferrer.
More than 50 people who came into contact with the client, many of whom were health workers, were identified as at threat and asked to limit contact with others, Ferrer stated.
There has actually been one case in Orange County. Public health officials announced Jan. 25 that a returning tourist from Wuhan had actually checked positive for the infection. The patient was separated in a hospital and has actually fully recovered, officials said.
On Feb. 26, the county declared a local health emergency situation in action to the coronavirus.
The relocation was largely in reaction to a proposition to move coronavirus clients to a facility in Costa Mesa, which sparked a bitter court fight The federal government has since pulled away from the plan
Sacramento County
A Sacramento County resident who went back to the U.S. from China on Feb. 2 was discovered to have the virus, officials revealed Feb. 21
The person took preventive steps during travel and had been self-quarantined since returning, according to the county public health department. The client was asymptomatic but was separated at home.
San Benito County
2 cases have been reported in San Benito County, both on Feb. 2 A guy, 57, who had just recently returned from Wuhan ended up being ill and passed the infection on to his better half, also57 Authorities stated the couple had actually not left their home given that the spouse returned from China. They were not hospitalized and were isolated in their house.
A flight with U.S. citizens fleeing the coronavirus in China got to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego on Feb. 7.
( Howard Lipin/ San Diego Union-Tribune)
San Diego County
2 cases have actually been reported in San Diego County, both of them among people who were left from Wuhan and