Dozens possibly exposed to coronavirus at small California hospital long before diagnosis

OAKLAND — A California lady probably uncovered dozens of individuals at a small Vacaville hospital greater than every week earlier than she was recognized as the first affected person more likely to have contracted coronavirus within a U.S. community, hospital officers stated in the present day.

The affected person first arrived at NorthBay VacaValley Hospital’s emergency division on the evening of Feb. 15 and spent three days there — much of the time in the intensive care unit, stated Steve Huddleston, spokesperson for NorthBay Healthcare. She was then transferred to the College of California, Davis Medical Middle in Sacramento on Feb. 19 on account of worsening circumstances, he stated.

After learning the affected person had been recognized Wednesday with the novel coronavirus strain, the hospital launched meticulous tracing of anybody within the Vacaville facility who might have had any contact with that patient, in response to Huddleston and state health officers.

“Dozens” however “less than a hundred" individuals have been probably exposed on the hospital, Huddleston stated. But he added it’s a shifting goal as a result of hospital officers hold identifying further individuals monitored on digital camera who might have come close to the patient or near the room the place the patient was staying. He also stated all suppliers who immediately treated the affected person have been notified.

Vacaville is about 10 miles from Travis Air Pressure Base, the place cohorts of American patients have been flown into quarantine settings from China and a cruise ship off Japan. State officials stated Thursday morning they haven't any hyperlink tying those sufferers to the lady who was at the Vacaville hospital.

Huddleston stated hospital employees did not request the affected person be tested for coronavirus whereas at the Vacaville hospital because the patient did not meet the standards to be tested.

UC Davis officers instantly requested the check when the patient first arrived there, however was not tested until Sunday as a result of the CDC initially stated the affected person did not meet the criteria. The patient remains in the Sacramento hospital's care.

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