That's not true either. The CDC said today at the press briefing that they found out about the case on the 23rd and that they recommended testing for COVID-19 on that same day.
UC Davis disputes that they requested on the 19th this patient was at another hospital already came to UCD already in a ventilator on 19th they wanted to test then. Clearly they show the buck being passed back and forth till the 23rd.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wired.com/story/community-spread-coronavirus/amp
The UC Davis memo explains the delay in testing by noting that neither Sacramento County nor the city of Davis’ public health agency performs the test. The hospital had to request the CDC do it. “Since the patient did not fit the existing diagnostic criteria for Covid-19, a test was not immediately administered,” the memo says. On Sunday the CDC did the test, and UC Davis put the patient on more stringent airborne and contact infection control precautions. “Today the CDC confirmed the patient’s test was positive.”
There is another big piece of information. They show that droplet protocol is not enough to stop possible infection.
From the above link
On Sunday the CDC did the test, and UC Davis put the patient on more stringent airborne and contact infection control precautions. “Today the CDC confirmed the patient’s test was positive.”
The UC Davis memo also confirms that the hospital has treated other patients infected with Covid-19 and said that the precautions it had taken with the patient all along probably meant “minimal potential for exposure.” Nevertheless, “out of an abundance of caution, in order to assure the health and safety of our employees, we are asking a small number of employees to stay home and monitor their temperature.”
Neither the CDC nor UC Davis Health System returned calls requesting comment.