Any Future Coronavirus Patients Will Be Quarantined At Pearl Harbor..or maybe not

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Any Future Coronavirus Patients Will Be Quarantined At Pearl Harbor

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Hawaii officials believe the likelihood of using the facility remains low, since many Chinese cities are on lockdown and most air travel is on hold.By Eleni Gill / About 9 mins ago
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In the case someone in Hawaii is identified to have the novel 2019 coronavirus, they will be quarantined for two weeks at the U.S. Pearl Harbor military base, the Department of Health Director Bruce Anderson announced Monday.

“Their base is preferred and used in these situations because they have a secured facility, limited public access, and staff support capacity to provide meals that those individuals will need for the 14 days they are here,” Anderson said...:tiphat:https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/02/an...-pearl-harbor/

 

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[h=1]Hawaii says it can’t be hub for treating new virus[/h]
By AUDREY McAVOY
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HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii has only a modest healthcare system and can’t be a hub for accommodating people potentially exposed to the rapidly spreading new virus that emerged in China in recent months, Lt. Gov. Josh Green said Monday.

He said the state only has the capacity to handle its own citizens and basic screening unless it gets significant support from the military.

“We are happy to do our part but only modestly as needed for very sick people or for our citizens,” Green said.

Green, who also is an emergency room physician, spoke after the U.S. government announced Honolulu would be one of 11 airports designated to receive U.S. citizens who have traveled in China within the last 14 days.
Hawaii was not currently expecting many potential patients, particularly after China Eastern Airlines, which operated the only direct flight from China to Hawaii, suspended service to the islands, Green said.

He said he’d like the federal government to provide space on a military base with at least 120 beds if a large-scale quarantine is required. He said he doesn’t anticipate that much would be needed, but the state needs to be prepared if the outbreak extends for months longer and breaks out further.

“At all costs we have to be safe,” Green said.

He said the Department of Homeland Security didn’t notify Hawaii in advance that Honolulu was going to be on the list of airports, though state officials were able to talk to department officials over the phone an hour or two after the announcement...:tiphat:https://apnews.com/9e518c3fb016e7026e0587c6fd899063

 

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/...11-new-coronavirus-quarantine-facilities.html

Pentagon opens 11 new coronavirus quarantine facilities as hospitals already at capacity with flu patients brace for a shortage of beds if the virus spreads in the US
The Department of Defense has designated 11 air bases as quarantines
So far, more than 800 Americans returning from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan are quarantined on three bases
No additional evacuation flights are scheduled but officials expect a trickle of travelers who have been to Wuhan in the past two weeks to continue
With a relatively severe flu season in full-swing, US hospitals are already running out of beds
Coronavirus is not spreading in the US yet, but hospital staff area already bracing with 'surge capacity' plans and efforts ton conserve face masks
By NATALIE RAHHAL ACTING US HEALTH EDITOR

PUBLISHED: 16:34, 10 February 2020 | UPDATED: 17:02, 10 February 2020

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The Pentagon is setting up quarantines at 11 additional quarantines on military bases in anticipation of an influx of US citizens returning from China and in need of monitoring for coronavirus.

So far, 12 people in the US have been diagnosed with coronavirus and the Pentagon had previously agreed to house 1,000 people in 14-day quarantines.

Now, with five planes having returned to the US with evacuees from Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, the number of people detained under quarantine is approaching that originally agreed upon number.

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