Published 17:39 IST, February 28th 2020
California: Over 8,400 people being monitored for possible coronavirus
California governor Gavin Newsom said on February 28 that the western US state is monitoring more than 8400 people who arrived on commercial flights to US.
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California Goverr Gavin Newsom said on February 28 that western US state is monitoring more than 8400 people who arrived on commercial flights amid worldwide concerns of dely coronavirus outbreak. Newsom said that 33 people have been tested positive for COVID-19, as per reports. This step was taken just a day after US health officials confirmed first possible spre of virus in a Sola County resident. Newsom told at a news briefing in Sacramento that presently, California has only 200 test kits and has appealed to expand its testing protocols in a bid to take preventive measures to curb dely virus as it spres through US communities.
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CDC assures to vance testing protocols
He ded that US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has me sure that testing protocols will be vanced and access to testing kits will grow in coming days. California on Wednesday confirmed a coronavirus case of unkwn origin, which is first incident of virus spreing within US communities. female patient, who resides in rrn California's Sola County, was t initially tested for new coronavirus as she did t meet criteria laid out by CDC, according to a statement by UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, where she is being treated.
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A lawmaker has reportedly revealed on February 27 that California woman who was first case of dely coronavirus in United States with an unkwn origin was t tested for five days by medical staff. new development comes amid media reports citing a whistleblower complaint that federal health workers h interacted with quarantined patients in two California air bases in absence of proper gear or training before y were dispersed around country. California woman is also from one of se cities, Travis Air Force Base in Sola County.
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17:39 IST, February 28th 2020