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发帖数: 5818 | 1 confirmed in Santa Clara County
In a troubling turn in the nation’s fight against the novel coronavirus
that has killed thousands and alarmed health officials and investors around
the world, a second U.S. case of unknown origin was confirmed Friday in
Santa Clara County.
The case in a patient a nurse said is now at El Camino Hospital is the
second in the Bay Area this week in which the infected person had no known
exposure to the disease either through travel overseas or another infected
person.
“This new case indicates that there is evidence of community transmission
but the extent is still not clear,” said Dr. Sara Cody, Health Officer for
Santa Clara County and Director of the County of Santa Clara Public Health
Department. “I understand this may be concerning to hear, but this is what
we have been preparing for. Now we need to start taking additional actions
to slow down the spread of the disease.”
The infected patient is an older adult woman with chronic health conditions
who was hospitalized for a respiratory illness, county officials said. Her
infectious disease physician contacted the Public Health Department to
discuss the case and request testing for the novel coronavirus. |
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