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San Diego County declares public health emergency due to COVID-1

Updated: 10:41 PM PST February 14, 2020
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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.

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