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County declares Coronavirus emergency

County Board Ratifies COVID-19 Emergency Declaration


The Board of Supervisors today voted to ratify the County’s declaration of a local health emergency and proclamation a local emergency to deal with the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19.

The move is meant to reassure the public that local health authorities are proactively working to stay ahead of any challenges that may arise. The local health emergency will last for 30 days, the local emergency for 60 days. The Board will consider whether each action should be extended at its respective time interval.

Additionally, these actions empower the County Health and Human Services Agency to:

  • more effectively respond to COVID-19
  • seek and utilize mutual aid
  • potentially obtain reimbursement
  • ensure that the County’s health professionals and other local stakeholders have all the necessary tools at their disposal, such as N-95 respirators

With the federally mandated quarantine for the evacuees currently at Marines Corps Air Station Miramar coming to an end, the County’s focus is now on monitoring travelers arriving in the U.S. from provinces in China other than Hubei.

Currently, HHSA has seven patients under investigation. Six have tested negative for the virus and one specimen is awaiting test results. None of the patients needed to be hospitalized. New statistics will be released on Fridays.

These medium-risk people will be on home quarantine, self-monitored under the careful supervision of HHSA.

 

For more information about COVID-19, visit the CDC website, HHSA Epidemiology Unit website or 2-1-1 San Diego.

One response to “County declares Coronavirus emergency”

  1. Hodie Smooth says:

    Was she IN THE STORE in Escondido??? She may have been in other places then i. Escondido..common sense. What do you. Mean by close ck tact? Where’s the tra nsparency?

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