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California: Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Southern California areas COVID-19 cases and news
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed San Diego’s second novel coronavirus case Wednesday afternoon.
Like the first, which was announced Monday, the infected patient is an evacuee hospitalized with UC San Diego Health System shortly after arriving at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar on Friday...
CDC today confirmed another infection with 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States in California. The patient is among a group of people under a federal quarantine order because of their recent return to the U.S. on a State Department-chartered flight that arrived on February 7, 2020.
All people who have been in Hubei Province in the past 14 days are considered at high risk of having been exposed to COVID-19 and subject to a temporary 14-day quarantine. This is the second person at this base who has tested positive for COVID-19. The first and second patients arrived on different planes and were housed in separate facilities; there are no epidemiologic links between them.
According to CDC on-site team lead Dr. Chris Braden, “At this time there is no indication of person-to-person spread of this virus at the quarantine facility, but CDC will carry out a thorough contact investigation as part of its current response strategy to detect and contain any cases of infection with this virus.”
This brings the total of number of COVID-19 cases in the United States to 14. There are likely to be additional cases in the coming days and weeks, including among other people recently returned from Wuhan. While 195 people were discharged from quarantine yesterday, more than 600 people who returned on chartered flights from Wuhan remain under federal quarantine.
CDC today confirmed another infection with 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States in California. The patient is among a group of people under a federal quarantine order because of their recent return to the U.S. on a State Department-chartered flight that arrived on February 7, 2020.
-snip- The first and second patients arrived on different planes and were housed in separate facilities; there are no epidemiologic links between them.
2nd Flight From Wuhan, China, Lands at MCAS Miramar Published February 6, 2020 • Updated on February 8, 2020 at 3:14 am
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Seven people total -- all passengers of the first plane that arrived Wednesday with 167 passengers -- have been at one point removed from quarantine at the base and placed in isolation at area hospitals for further coronavirus testing.
MCAS Miramar✔@MCASMiramarCA @MCASMiramarCA can now confirm the planned arrival of a second inbound flight originating from China. The flight will land in the mid-morning hours of 7 Feb. HHS and CDC personnel will receive these travelers as they begin the federally mandated quarantine. 18 10:25 PM - Feb 6, 2020 ? San Diego, CA
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Four were removed Wednesday when the flight landed at the base, two to UC San Diego Medical Center and two to Rady Children's Hospital; a fifth was sent to UC San Diego Medical Center Thursday afternoon; and two were isolated on Friday, one at UC San Diego Medical Center and one at Rady Children's Hospital.
Before the second flight landed in San Diego, two passengers were released during a stop in Vancouver. One of those passengers is a Canadian citizen, and the other showed symptoms of coughing and fever.
CDC Confirms Second Coronavirus Case in San Diego County
Published February 12, 2020 • Updated 1 hour ago
A second patient with a confirmed case of coronavirus, or COVID-19, is being treated at UC San Diego Medical Center, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesperson said Wednesday. It's the second confirmed case in the county since the deadly outbreak began.
-snip- The patients arrived at the base on separate planes -- the first landed Feb. 5 and the second on Feb. 7 -- and were housed in separate facilities, the CDC said.
On Sunday, four patients who had been taken from the base to UC San Diego Medical Center earlier in the week were discharged by the CDC back to the base after their tests came back negative, hospital spokesperson Michelle Brubaker said.
Soon after a woman (Patient 1) was discharged, the CDC notified her that her test results were mislabeled due to pseudonyms used for privacy reasons, and she, in fact, tested positive for the virus, according to a CDC spokesperson.
The woman was told to stay in her room at the base while she was retested and stayed out of contact with others, the official said. She was then taken back to the hospital Monday morning.
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A 3-year-old girl aboard the first flight was taken away from the base when her evacuation plane landed. After three days in isolation, she returned to the MCAS Miramar. But on Tuesday, she was placed back in isolation at Rady Children's Hospital for additional tests.
By Sunday, seven people -- including Patient 1, the 3-year-old girl, and the toddler's father -- had at one point been removed from quarantine at the base and placed in isolation at area hospitals for further testing. All seven were passengers on the first evacuation flight from China to land in San Diego.
Another person quarantined at the base was isolated at UC San Diego Medical Center Monday, according to Brubaker.
A second patient with a confirmed case of coronavirus is being treated at a San Diego County hospital, a CDC spokesperson confirmed Wednesday. It’s the second confirmed case in the county since the deadly outbreak began.
US San Diego Health
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates
February 12, 2020
UC San Diego Health is currently caring for three patients at UC San Diego Health who were transferred from federal quarantine at MCAS Miramar. Two have tested positive for COVID-19; a third is considered a patient under investigation (PUI) who has developed symptoms that warrant further observation and testing. All three patients are doing well.
One Patient now is in fair condition in San Diego
Feb 13
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- Two patients diagnosed with the potentially deadly novel coronavirus remain hospitalized at UC San Diego Medical Center Thursday, while physicians at the facility continue to monitor a third person who has shown symptoms linked to the virus.
Dr. Randy Taplitz, an expert on infectious diseases with UC San Diego Health, updated the media Thursday on the patients’ respective conditions. Taplitz said one of the coronavirus patients is in good condition, with the second patient listed in fair condition. She did not elaborate when asked by reporters to further define “fair condition.”
Both patients are in isolation at the hospital.
According to Taplitz, the third person showing possible signs of the virus remains under observation...
Two patients diagnosed with the potentially deadly novel coronavirus remain hospitalized at UC San Diego Medical Center Thursday, while physicians at the facility continue to monitor a third person who has shown symptoms linked to the virus.
Another possible COVID-19 case in the South Bay
As of Friday morning, there’s been no word from county health officials about the person’s quarantine status or how they might have become infected.
Author: Neda Iranpour (Reporter)
Published: 6:50 AM PST February 14, 2020
Updated: 6:50 AM PST February 14, 2020
SAN DIEGO — There are a lot of questions Friday morning regarding a possible case of COVID-19 in the South Bay. A person was being evaluated at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center and has been released.
Sharp Healthcare officials say a person under investigation for possible COVID-19 was discharged from Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center Wednesday, but that person is under supervision of county health officials. The health provider directed all additional questions to the county Health and Human Services agency...
San Diego County declares local health emergency to aid coronavirus response
https://www.latimes.com/california/s...virus-response
Looking to increase funding for local quarantine operations connected to novel coronavirus, San Diego county public health officials declared health and local emergencies Friday afternoon.
The action, which must be ratified by the county supervisors on Feb. 19, is similar to one taken by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 3 and renewed for an additional 30 days on Feb. 10. If approved, it would help the county seek state reimbursement for examining, testing and following up with people in the community who are at increased risk of corona infection and also make it easier to request help from other government agencies.
County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher emphasized that formally calling the current situation — one in which there is no evidence that the virus is spreading locally — an emergency does not mean anything has changed on the ground. Today, the only two confirmed cases of novel coronavirus, which the medical community has taken to calling COVID-19, are two people who arrived in San Diego last week on evacuation flights out of China and who have been sitting in isolation rooms at UC San Diego Health facilities since they started showing symptoms.
Contact: CDC Media Relations
(404) 639-3286 CDC Confirms 13th Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus
CDC today confirmed another infection with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the United States that was detected in California. The patient who was under a federal quarantine order recently returned from Wuhan, China, where an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by this novel coronavirus has been ongoing since December 2019. This brings the total of number of 2019-nCoV cases in the United States to 13.
CDC is conducting a thorough contact investigation of the person who has tested positive to determine contacts and to assess if those contacts had high risk exposures.
For the latest information on the outbreak, visit CDC’s Novel Coronavirus 2019 website.
Contact: CDC Media Relations
(404) 639-3286 CDC Confirms 13th Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus
CDC today confirmed another infection with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the United States that was detected in California. The patient who was under a federal quarantine order recently returned from Wuhan, China, where an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by this novel coronavirus has been ongoing since December 2019. This brings the total of number of 2019-nCoV cases in the United States to 13.
CDC is conducting a thorough contact investigation of the person who has tested positive to determine contacts and to assess if those contacts had high risk exposures.
For the latest information on the outbreak, visit CDC’s Novel Coronavirus 2019 website.
UC San Diego Health is currently caring for two patients who tested positive for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. As needed, we will be accepting and caring for patients under investigation (PUI) who may develop symptoms that warrant further observation and testing.
The safety and well-being of our patients and staff is our top priority. As the region’s only academic health system, UC San Diego Health specializes in the care of patients with complex illnesses, including infectious diseases more virulent and deadly than COVID-19. We are taking all necessary measures and precautions to minimize any potential exposures as we care for both potential and confirmed COVID-19 cases. Patients are treated in negative-pressure isolation rooms; health care providers in contact with these patients are trained to use appropriate personal protective equipment, such as gowns, gloves, fit-tested high-filtration respirators and face shields or goggles.
We understand others may be concerned about larger health risks. We want to reassure our patients, their loved ones and the community at large that there is no exposure risk at any UC San Diego Health hospital or clinic. Patients and visitors can feel confident in making and keeping their appointments and using our services as usual.
UC San Diego Health currently has an adequate supply of personal protective equipment (PPE), including N95 respirators, to care for patients with certain transmissible diseases, including the novel coronavirus COVID-19. However, we are mindful of global supply chain limitations. We are following strategies provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for optimizing the supply of N95 respirators—these include regularly reminding our staff to conserve N95 respirators by using them only when they are required, and implementing practices that allow for extended use or limited reuse of N95 respirators for non-COVID-19 cases.
...https://health.ucsd.edu/news/Pages/C...us-update.aspx
San Diego County declares public health emergency due to COVID-1
Updated: 10:41 PM PST February 14, 2020
Excerpt:
There are still only two confirmed cases of the illness in San Diego County. Five other people are currently being evaluated in the hospital.
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Officials also revealed that there have been 13 San Diego residents so far who have been identified as sitting next to individuals on airplanes who ultimately tested positive for COVD-19.
Four of thsose 13 are still being monitored, while the rest have been cleared. One who was tested for the novel strain of Coronavirus was ultimately found to be negative.
At the border, federal authorities have been screening those crossing into the United States for possible symptoms.
So far, two so-called "persons under investigation' who are in federal ICE custody have been identified.
"We still have tests pending on those individuals and those individuals remain in isolation," said county Deputy Public Health Officer Dr. Eric McDonald, adding that ICE facilities in Otay Mesa have special rooms used to contain those with possible infectious diseases, like Coronavirus..
Person tested for Coronavirus in San Diego is in ICE custody
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- A person is back in ICE custody and in isolation after they were taken to Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center to be evaluated for possible coronavirus symptoms.
The individual was in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when officials determined the person needed to be taken to Sharp Chula Vista, the county said.
The hospital then contacted the county's Public Health Department, which determined the person didn't need to be hospitalized and recommended self-isolation, according to the county.
Because the person was in ICE custody, the hospital returned the individual to the agency on Wednesday and the person was placed in isolation.
No further information was given on the individual or their status.
ICE sent 10News the following statement:
"At this time, no ICE detainee has tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus at the Otay Mesa Detention Center or any other ICE facility.
Out of the abundance of caution, ICE is taking all necessary precaution measures to ensure all ICE detainees are screened medically at their arrival to our facilities. Medical professionals at ICE detention facilities medically screen all new ICE detainees within 24 hours of their arrival to ensure that contagious diseases are not spread throughout the facility, and elsewhere. As an additional measure of defense, ICE detainees suspected of exposure or infection of certain diseases are medically 'cohorted,' in line with CDC guidelines and ICE detention standards."
Sharp officials confirmed to 10News that a person who was under investigation for possible coronavirus infection. ...
A person is back in ICE custody and in isolation after they were taken to Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center to be evaluated for possible coronavirus symptoms.
The patient was discharged and was not placed in subsequent quarantine or isolation
By NBC 7 Staff • Published 54 mins ago • Updated 37 mins ago
One of two patients being treated for coronavirus, or COVID-19, at UC San Diego Medical Center was discharged Wednesday, according to the hospital.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determined the patient had fully recovered from the virus and was no longer infectious, UC San Diego Health said.
The patient was discharged and was not placed in subsequent quarantine or isolation, according to UC San Diego Health...
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