A patient is being treated for coronavirus at a San Diego UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest, according to a local official. It is the first confirmed case in the county since the deadly outbreak began.

Officials did not release any details about the patient, including how they contracted the virus or if they possibly exposed others.

It is unknown of the county's first coronavirus patient was a part of the 232 Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China last week and brought to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar to complete a 14-day quarantine.

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/first-coronavirus-case-confirmed-in-san-diego-county/2261207/

Edited February 11, 20206 yr by niman

The first case of coronavirus was confirmed in San Diego County Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed.

The coronavirus patient was among those who landed at MCAS Miramar last week after traveling from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the virus outbreak.

https://fox5sandiego.com/news/first-coronavirus-case-reported-in-san-diego/

by: Meghan Roos, CNN Wire

Posted: Feb 10, 2020 / 05:14 PM PST / Updated: Feb 10, 2020 / 06:15 PM PST

 

SAN DIEGO — The first case of coronavirus was confirmed in San Diego County Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed.

The coronavirus patient was among those who landed at MCAS Miramar last week after traveling from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the virus outbreak.

The patient was among the few taken to UC San Diego Health for evaluation after displaying symptoms that health officials said could indicate coronavirus. The patient’s positive test results were confirmed Monday evening by Thomas Skinner, public information officer with the CDC.

No one else who is currently under evaluation for coronavirus from the flights that arrived at MCAS Miramar has tested positive, according to the CDC.

This coronavirus case is the 13th confirmed so far in the U.S. Seven of those have now been reported in California.

Toro, Ana (CDC/OD/OADC) <[email protected]>

Mon 2/10/2020 10:19 PM

CDC Confirms 13th Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus

CDC today confirmed another infection with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the United States that was detected in California. The patient who was under a federal quarantine order recently returned from Wuhan, China, where an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by this novel coronavirus has been ongoing since December 2019. This brings the total of number of 2019-nCoV cases in the United States to 13.

CDC is conducting a thorough contact investigation of the person who has tested positive to determine contacts and to assess if those contacts had high risk exposures. 

For the latest information on the outbreak, visit CDC’s Novel Coronavirus 2019 website.

Yes, it was one of the evacuees from Wuhan.

It is in San Diego. MCAS Miramar

 

Thanks,

Ana

 

Ana Toro, MA, APR Public Affairs Officer

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of the Associate Director for Communication Division of Public Affairs, News Media Branch, Office of the Director Support [email protected]   Telework: Tuesday and Friday

Edited February 11, 20206 yr by Admin