Los Angeles County confirmed its first death, as New York City's St. Patrick's Day parade is postponed, with more restrictions to be introduced in the city.
The COVID-19 virus outbreak in the U.S. has seen nearly 1,300 cases, with more deaths in Washington state and California, including the first in Los Angeles County. The death toll has now reached 39, with 31 deaths in Washington state, five in California, two in Florida, one in New Jersey and one in South Dakota.
But heightened fears over the outbreak have seen President Donald Trump issue a Europe 30-day travel ban, which restricts foreign nationals"who have been in the Schengen Area, 26 countries in Europe with open borders agreements, in the last 14 days," from entering the U.S., The White House notes in a statement.Trump said at a televised briefing on Wednesday:"The European Union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from China and other hotspots.
The state currently has the highest number of confirmed cases in the U.S., with at least 366 infections, according to the latest figures from the state's department of health. "The flu has a mortality rate of 0.1 percent. This has a mortality rate of 10 times that. That's the reason I want to emphasize we have to stay ahead of the game in preventing this.
New York City's popular St. Patrick's Day parade, which draws around one to two million spectators and features nearly 250,000 marchers, has been postponed,"due to the high density and the large volume of marchers and spectators who attend...public health experts agree that one of the most effective ways to contain the spread of the virus is to limit large gatherings and close contacts," the state governor Andrew Cuomo announced in a statement on Wednesday.
Cuomo also revealed that State University of New York and the City University of New York will be introducing ways to"maximize distance learning and reduce in-person classes," from March 19th for the remainder of the spring semester in view of the outbreak. "The DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency will activate the District's Emergency Operations Center and Joint Information Center to provide additional coordination for the District's COVID-19 response," the mayor's office said in a statement.
Louisiana reported 14 presumptive positive cases on Wednesday, up from six cases earlier in the day, state officials confirmed.
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