Markets plummeted, Italy took the extraordinary step of limiting personal movement for the entire country, and new cases of coronavirus crept across California and the United States.
But for passengers on board the Grand Princess, Monday brought relief as the cruise ship reached the Port of Oakland, providing the comfort of land if not clear answers about their individual futures.
Across the state, public schools and universities have closed or moved classes online, large gatherings have been canceled and public officials are urging “social distancing” — reducing chances of contact with an infected person — to mitigate a growing outbreak.UC Berkeley, San Jose State, San Francisco State, Santa Clara, Princeton and Vanderbilt universities became the latest institutions to announce that they would suspend all or most in-person classes immediately or in coming weeks.
In Los Angeles, the first case of “community spread” — cases not involving travel or person-to-person contact — prompted health officials to warn that more cases of unknown origin are likely in coming days.Sign up for the latest news, best stories and what they mean for you, plus answers to your questions.“This is our first case of community transmission in L.A. County and we will continue to see more cases of COVID-19,” said L.A. County Public Health Department Director Barbara Ferrer.
“We are going to take care of and have been taking care of the American public and the American economy,” Trump said late Monday.Marc Cadiz, who is currently under a two-week quarantine in San Joaquin County after being exposed to the virus on a previous voyage of the Grand Princess, said he is frustrated by what he perceives as a president not taking the situation seriously enough.
In Oakland, some residents feared that the Grand Princess’ arrival could further spread the virus in a community far poorer than its neighbor across the bay, San Francisco.
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