Passengers on a Grand Princess cruise ship linked to the first death from coronavirus in California remained off the coast on Thursday as the first two cases were confirmed in San Francisco.
A coast guard helicopter was delivering test kits to the cruise ship waiting to dock in the port of San Francisco before flying them back to a laboratory. While the ship has 2,422 passengers and 1,111 crew onboard, according to the cruise line, fewer than 100 have thus far been identified for testing.
“The ship will not come on shore until we appropriately assess the passengers,” said Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, in a news conference Wednesday.
The death of a 71-year-old man on Wednesday was the first US fatality reported outside of Washington state.
Source Article from https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/mar/06/joe-biden-bernie-sanders-2020-presidential-election-trump-coronavirus-live-updates
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