Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday said 8,400 people are being monitored in 49 jurisdictions in the state for symptoms of the novel coronavirus.
At a news conference with other state officials, Newsom said 33 people have tested positive for the virus but five of them left the state.
Newsom said more than 800 of the 8,400 people came to California on repatriation flights from overseas and thousands more arrived from “points of concern and potential points of contact, particularly Asia.”
The governor said the state’s top priority will be point of contact diagnostic testing, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending more adequate testing kits. The state currently has 200 kits on hand, Newsom said.
“We’ll get the kits any day now. We have a robust tracking system,” California Health and Human Services Agency Director Dr. Mark Ghaly said.
The CDC on Wednesday confirmed that the first likely case of a person-to-person transmission of the virus in the U.S. was a woman who was infected with the disease in Solano County.
The woman had no known exposure to the virus through travel and no close contact to a known-infected person, according to the CDC. Newsom said the CDC is sending 10 people to help track whoever had contact with the
Solano County woman.
The woman was being treated at a hospital in Solano County before she was taken to the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, UC Davis health officials said.
At the news conference Thursday, state Department of Public Health Director Sonia Angell said she could not disclose more information about the Solano County patient.
“This is a fluid situation but the threat remains low,” Angell said. “Our operations center is prepared for the worst and the best situation. This case marks a turning point,” Angell said regarding the Solano County patient.
“This is a new and rapidly developing situation, but this is not the first time we have faced these kinds of challenges,” said Mark Ghilarducci, director of the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. He advised California residents to listen to their local and state health officials.
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Told you all that they Were Lying!!!
Who are these 8,400 people? Does anyone except Gavin know?
Wow, panic much?
So far, a lot of people have recovered, but you won’t hear about those folks on the news.
Another nation says it’ll have a vaccine in a few weeks. It’ll still take a couple of years before it’s approved for use in the good ol’ USA.
More people die of the flu every year.
I think that people just want answers. I think that transparency would actually help alleviate panic.
The flu comparison doesn’t make people feel better. I don’t say wow I would rather have Coronavirus vs the Flu because more people have died from the flu. Fact of the matter is we don’t want either one. Not to mention that you don’t see people in hazmat suits treating patients that have the flu.
More people die of the flu – but if this spreads as rapidly as it is capable of, and if it stays on track with the percentage who have died so far, then that won’t be true for much longer. Exponential growth – it’s a b___.
I am not trying be an alarmist; however, there are some facts here that are not being addressed.
Despite what is being said. It’s abundantly clear that this virus is circulating in the US and Bay Area right now and that they have no idea how many cases there are.
I’m extremely disappointed in the leadership off all parties at all levels along the CDC for not taking more decisive action. There is no way that any country, including China, would quarantine millions of people without good reason and our supposed leaders squandered the time that this bought us to prepare. Singapore is doing a phenomenal job testing and managing their outbreak. Of course we aren’t finding anyone that has this…they are now looking for people show symptoms but not actively testing. So essentially waiting for the fire to break out before taking action.
Think about it, there are people that can spread this walking around, feeling just fine right now.
Until they get a handle on this and with all of the unknowns associated with this disease when are we going to talk about measures like closing schools and other venues that have been shown to accelerate the spread of this virus? It’s just fine until it’s your neighborhood. I don’t know about you but I’d hate to see the email that someone was sick at my child’s school. This thing is highly contagious.
It’s not the flu and while it isn’t Ebola this is a serious health issue that could quickly overwhelm our health system as it has done elsewhere and seriously endanger not just the people that succumb to the more serious effects of this virus but also exposed populations like our elderly, or others with chronic conditions.
While I keep hearing that many recover with minimal symptoms the new patient that of “unknown origins” in Solano County is already apparently in bad shape. Do the math a 2% death rate with a highly contagious virus is no joke. I love my parents…I’d hate to see them catch this.
You bring up some very good points, I like the fact that you don’t mention any party or politician. The virus does not care about party affiliation nor should our leaders (President, Governor, Senator etc.) they should just do what is best for the American people.
Panic much? Who are these 8,400 people? Where are they? Do they know they are being monitored by Big Brother?
Let’s see, even taking into the ‘news’ that the coronovirus has been active since at least October, it has a released global death toll of just over 2,000 souls. That is an alarming number, but this years flu has killed between 16,000-41,000 people worldwide according to the CDC website. (https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm). ABCnews says already 16,000 have died, including 13 children in the US during the week of Feb 14-21. Of course, the 16,000 deaths are out of the 29,000,000 people estimated to have already been infected. This is a 0.0005% mortality rate.
Nobody in the US has died because of the virus to date. The US has seen 60 cases according to a Washington Post article from today, Feb 27th. If we were only dealing with this ‘8400’ people, that is a 0.007% infection rate, but California has only seen 33 infected people which translates to a 0.004% infection rate.
Yes, this virus is not good. Yes, I believe (no evidence to support it) that we are not getting all the numbers or information known by China or the US. And Yes, I think folks are overreacting and trying to cause alarm and panic in the general population.
Being prepared and taking measures to limit the spread of this disease is the opposite of panic. Panic is what will result if we don’t take steps now.
The flu comparison is weak – coronavirus so far has a higher rate of deaths among infected people. Looking at the raw head counts vs. the flu is the wrong comparison: this new virus is just getting started, and it ramped up from no cases to 80,000 in a matter of weeks. Among the elderly it’s quite high – see the news about the extended care facility in Seattle that appears to have an outbreak right now. The US basically has done almost no testing so far: once that scales up the numbers are going to be dramatic. Not the end of the world, but if a large percentage of the population get it (which is very possible, as we apparently have no immunity to it and it spreads quickly), and it keeps killing 50% of the octagenarians (and up) who get it, that’s a big deal. It’s going to be really important to try to keep it from running wild in nursing homes and the like. It could turn out less deadly than it appears to have been so far. That would be great. But we don’t know yet, and I hope we don’t find out the hard way.
The media controls your mind….Does anybody remember the last pandemic? No? 2009 H1N1. Killed 500,000 people worldwide. Did it affect us Claycordians in any way? Probably not.
The corona virus hasn’t reached pandemic level yet and probably won’t. Even if it does, odds are, you the reader won’t get infected.
Bird flu, SARS, Swine flu (H1N1), Zika, Cat AIDS… the list goes on. We love to get so worked up.
Wise up and just wash your hands like every adult and child should do. (And don’t use antibacterial soap. It’s only assisting bacterial resistance.)
P.S. I’m still hoping nobody comes up with a vaccine for Cat AIDS. Cats suck.
Antibacterial soap isn’t effective against a virus anyway.
So what soap do you suggest?
Antibiotics and antibacterial agents don’t work on viruses, but any soap will work as long as you scrub your hands thoroughly.
A pandemic isn’t necessarily particularly deadly: it just means a bug that spreads across the world and circulates freely in the population. But you’re not paying attention if you’re so confident this won’t reach that status. It’s gone from 0 to 80,000+ cases in a matter of weeks, spread into 59 countries and counting. SARS lasted over a year, and this coronavirus surpassed its total number of infected patients – on January 30. Our health care system is going to be strained once this virus gets into a few elderly care facilities and kills 20 or 30 percent of the 70+ year olds who catch it. Either that or we will get aggressive about containment of hot spots within the US, and a lot of normal daily activity is going to be affected for a lot of people, as it has been in northern Italy and of course in parts of China.
It’s not about panicking: that doesn’t help anybody. But it’s real, and while we’ll get through it, probably a lot of our elderly citizens will be at serious risk.
A vaccine will stop this nothing else.
Nope. It’s 10 years later for them trying to develop a SARS vaccine and they’ve been unsuccessful.
Nope
“The NIH is in the process of taking the first steps towards the development of a vaccine,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Fauci said it would take a few months until the first phase of the clinical trials get underway and more than a year until a vaccine might be available.
This is terrible news. Start wearing your mask. This is getting scary.
Some year this 2020 is turning out to be.
Transparency will help control the spread too. Identify the woman or some identifying info so we can help you figure out who she came in contact with.
Best defense is washing hands (20 seconds or more with soap), not touching your face, and avoiding obviously sick people & large crowds (if possible).
I am appalled that the state of California had this information for some time and failed to disclose it until now to her citizens. This is a clear case of politics before good judgement and duty to it’s citizens.
Governor Newsome you should be ashamed of yourself for withholding such vital information to those you are sworn to serve.
The tenet of California Government is that we don’t know what’s good for us. So therefore keeping us docile and ignorant will make us more compliant with their agenda. If they could do away with the ballot box they would. Since they can’t do that, the goal is to maximize the quantity of ignorant voters as a way to stay in office.
Stupidity has a certain charm, ignorance does not.
Do not fear, citizens! Our expert microbiologist Donald “The John” Trump is on the case. He brings to this fight against a little understood, potentially lethal viral disease the same knowledge and skills he demonstrated as a perfect meteorologist who predicted a hurricane would hit Alabama.
Thank you John P. Apparently, Governor Newsome and President Trump went to the same school. I’d like to review the Governor’s credentials; wouldn’t you? Fair is fair.
Don’t get me started on that idiot! Okay, you did. Governor Nuisance is not to be trusted with the control of the 6th largest economy in the world, nor is he qualified to make decisions that affect 39.5 million people. Basically, anyone who wants to be elected to a political office should be disqualified. It’s the civilian equivalent of Catch 22: you can get out of combat missions if you’re crazy, but you’re not crazy if you want to get out of combat missions. I detest our election process. I don’t need some bought-and-paid-for yahoo making decisions that affect me. I am educated, informed, and astute enough to decide what is best for my city, state, and nation. We either adopt a variation of the ancient Athenian model for democracy; or we require a test for those who want to select someone to represent them; otherwise, we, the people, will be subject to the whims (i.e., pocketbooks) of the existing process.
Reason number 1,984 why I am glad to sit alone in my car for 2 hours during the commute; rather then be crammed in a BART car or MUNI bus in the City.
No question public transportation is THE breeding ground for this virus in the Bay Area (or any major metropolitan region) and you know how BART loves to pack people in their cars during the commute hours to save a dollar.
So typical that the folks that want to believe that there is a democratic conspiracy are complaining about information being put out there. Yes, the coronavirus outbreak is all about making trump look bad. Do dems control the stock market? Nope. It’s about supply chains and their effect on our economy.
Stop being dense. The virus doesn’t care about your political affiliation. Information is good. Especially if you didn’t get information and got the virus, you’d be complaining about that too!
This post is in response to Don Jr on Fox and Friends saying the dems are creating a panic to make his father look bad. As if that was necessary!
Looks like youre in for 4 more years of depression,then 4 more,4 more………
MediCal benifits for low income illegal imigrants will save lives!
The funny part is partical masks are sold out with people thinking they block gerns,when they may or may not stop sawdust from getting in your mouth.They do nothing for airborn disease,and the mask companies are part of the whole make billions off panic.The sheep have gone crazy.The govt thrives on turmoil as this shows..They reap the tax profit.Surgeons use those masks to not breath directly on the patient,but it’s not protecting the doctor from anything more than splatter.
The govt reaps the tax profit when the stock market tanks in historic fashion? Hmmm. Maybe you need to rethink your stump speech.
Let me just add to all the other scary possibilities. Recently heard about a dog in USA that tested positive for this virus. Just how true it is, I have no clue. But it did start with an animal in China that somehow transmitted it to a human. So now, do we suddenly destroy pets in case they might transmit this virus? Or just the pets that belong to people that already have it?
They’re fine if you fully cook them to an internal temperature of 185 degrees.
Put down or quarantine your pet! Not happening, (just keep it on the unknow or uninformed list)till it is too late. I’m would think if an animal spread it an animal does get it. but are there any cases of it? would they tell you if they knew? maybe , but not right away.
This is very serious. My doc told me to be careful not to touch my eyes, nose or mouth. Wash hands, wash down grocery carts, exercise machines at the gym. So I am going to be a obsessed being clean. Oh, he said cover your mouth if you cough. Masks do not stop the virus. If you have any virus, wear a mask. Okeedokee I will do that! 😇🙂🤩😏
My mother and father both lived through the pandemic of 1919. My aunt, who lived to be 105, told me the whole family was sick, all ten of them, and the rural doctor was so busy he couldn’t come out. She especially had a hard time getting over the lingering effects, and said weeks later the doctor prescribed iron tablets to help her regain her strength. They all eventually recovered and lived long, healthy lives. I think the fear about the Coronavirus which seems pervasive has blown things out of proportion. The constant updates on the news doesn’t seem to help, either. Everything is played up as a looming disaster when in reality it is almost business as usual really.
The Spanish flu was not business as usual, just sayin. It killed 20 to 50 million people. I don’t think this one will be that bad, but if that’s the comparison you want, I’m not sure why you think its no big deal.
Well, lets see …
Corona virus
Drought
Wildfires
Recession and/or Stock Market Drops
Losses to 401Ks/Delayed Retirement
Potential for Socialist or Aging Idiot as next President
if Trump loses
PGE Power Shutoffs
Housing Shortage
Homeless Crisis
Global Warming/Climate Change
Did I forget anything?
Right … which “big deal” do I address first? After a while it’s all just “ho hum,” another looming disaster. So, what?
I believe it was Franklin Delano Roosevelt who said, ” … only thing we have to fear is…fear itself …”
Just wait until this hits the homeless population……
Is anyone worried about the thousands of Mainland Chinese kids at DVC who flooded the apartments north of the school in January to register for the Spring Semester? Were they tested? No one ever says anything about them.
Dread my commute. Tons of sick people coughing without even covering their mouths totally drunk and disorderly on train trying to start fights while coughing uncontrollably. Dirty filthy transit. Going to start filming everything I see.
I haven’t had any dreams of Mother Abigail or the Walking Dude yet.
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