Michigan activates Emergency Operations Center to track, manage potential coronavirus cases
Facility with 20 bed capacity set aside
If a passenger comes to Michigan with the virus there is a facility on the state’s west side waiting, according to Paul Rogers, Director of the Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
“The potential site for hosting people repatriated from areas of concern globally that is located in Fort Custer, we have set aside a facility with a 20 bed capacity. To date it has not been activated,” said Rogers.
IRELAND
A secondary school in Dublin has been closed for 14 days due to concerns over coronavirus.
A male student has the virus and is being treated in a Dublin hospital with infection-control measures.
The National Public Health Emergency Team said that a risk assessment determined that “all pupils and teachers are being treated as close contacts of the confirmed case”.
A woman from Northern Ireland was diagnosed with the virus on Thursday.
Two days later the first case of the coronavirus was confirmed in the Republic of Ireland.
Both had travelled home from an affected area in Italy.