CALIF
As of March 9, 2020, 7 a.m. Pacific Time, there are a total of 133 positive cases and one death in California: 24 cases are from repatriation flights. The other 109 confirmed cases include 44 that are travel related, 28 due to person-to-person, 19 community acquired and 18 from unknown sources.
Approximately 10,300 people are self-monitoring, across 49 local health jurisdictions, after returning to the U.S. from travel.
Seventeen labs are currently testing for COVID-19 in California.
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/nCOV2019.aspx
California Releases Updated Guidance for Schools, Colleges & Large Public Events to Prepare and Protect Californians from COVID-19
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR20-014.aspx
State of California, Health and Human Services Agency, Department of Social Services
TO: ALL ADULT AND SENIOR CARE PROGRAM LICENSEES
FROM: PAMELA DICKFOSS Deputy Director Community Care Licensing Division
SUBJECT: GUIDANCE ON 2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS OR COVID-19
PIN 20-04-ASC - 4 pages, includes links, what to do with a CV suspected guest, and basic infection control including:
“Limit visitors to the facility by not allowing those with symptoms of respiratory infection or who have a travel history to China, South Korea, Italy, or Iran over the course of the last 14 days.
Ensure sick leave policies allow employees to stay home if they have symptoms of respiratory infection. o Employees with any respiratory infection symptoms should not be at work. o Consider screening employees for respiratory infection symptoms before they start their shift.
https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CCLD/PINs/2020/ASC/PIN%2020-04-ASC_Coronavirus_ASCFacilities.pdf
CA has 10K people ready to be tested—a good chunk of that could happen the rest of this week.
Then the CA positive numbers will probably skyrocket.
“The student and their family are in self-quarantine after one family member began to experience flu-like symptoms, according to ACC.”
https://www.tamu.edu/coronavirus/index.html
“International Travel: Texas A&M is canceling university-sponsored travel outside of the United States between March 16, 2020 – May 1, 2020.”
Wait, so they can come and go as they wish for another week and a half??