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SOURCE: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/26/coronavirus-san-francisco-emergency-face-masks-brazil-south-korea/4878620002/
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SAN FRANCISCO – Even before the coronavirus sinks its teeth into the U.S., jurisdictions in California are jumping into action.San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Tuesday issued an emergency declaration aimed at preparing the city for an outbreak – even though no cases of the new virus have been confirmed in the city.And on Wednesday, Orange County – which has had one case – declared a local health emergency, though the rationale was different.“Although there are still zero confirmed cases in San Francisco residents, the global picture is changing rapidly, and we need to step up preparedness,” Breed said. Coronavirus, explained: Everything to know about COVID-19, the illness alarming the worldBreed emphasized the emergency declaration is aimed at getting services ready in the eventuality the virus reaches the city, whose population is more than 20% Chinese or Chinese American.“Given the high volume of travel between San Francisco and mainland China, there is a growing likelihood that we will see cases of COVID-19 eventually,” San Francisco Health Officer Tomas Aragon said.Several hundred miles south, Orange County Supervisors Michelle Steel and Andrew Do said the emergency declaration was a response to the proposal to quarantine coronavirus patients in a local facility, which has sparked an uproar.“The county of Orange continues to support Costa Mesa in opposition of state and federal government’s decision to move COVID-19 patients to the Fairview Center,” Do said.In New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio had a different issue, saying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has underutilized 1,200 hospital beds in the city that could be provided immediately to anyone who is being tested for the coronavirus or who has tested positive.De Blasio called on the CDC to launch a broad expansion of airport testing that he said was “too narrowly focused” on travelers to the U.S. from China.“We think that has to be expanded to any traveler coming from a country that has seen a major surge in cases,” de Blasio said, naming Hong Kong, Iran, Italy, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.So far, 59 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the U.S., most of them repatriated passengers who were on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined in Japan.

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