The virus. The governor says the cdc is sending california substantially more testing kits. 10 cdc workers are on their way here to california as date officials will open more testing sites for the coronavirus. The governor laid out new numbers. Right now, there are 28 confirmed cases of coronavirus here in the state. 8400 people that recently traveled to china are being monitored. There is also the mystery case, the first of the country, of a person contracting the virus from an unknown source. The person is from Solano County, and is being treated at uc davis medical center. We have team coverage. Rob roth is learning more about the woman. We are looking for efforts you may have had contacts with her. Reporter we start with tom, live from uc davis with more on the announcement today from governor newsom. Reporter if the mystery will be solved, it will be solved right here at uc medical center. Because of the unusual nature of the case, it is fair to say that the battle against corona
California has 33 cases of the virus, and thousands more are being monitored. We have live, team coverage. Thomas in sacramento with more on what the governor says is being done. Is a christian is in San Francisco where there are serious concerns of the effect on the tourism industry. We begin with rob roth in Solano County tonight. You just got an update from the Health Department there. Reporter thats right, in the press briefing is still going on. What we can say, the Solano County has been declared a local, Public Health emergency. The concern is over how a Solano County woman contracted the coronavirus. We have identified family members of this individual. They are in isolation, pending testing. They will remain in quarantine for 14 days, since the last exposure to the patient. The patients workplace has been fully addressed as well. We are identifying any potential interactions with people that are not employees in the workplace during the time that the person was infectious. Rep
The reason was, the person and not travel to any of the regions hit by the outbreak, or come in contact with anyone known to be infected. Epidemiologists say they did expect transmission through community what happen eventually. It does not come as a particular surprise to epidemiologists that study viral, respiratory infections. All of us assumed this would happen eventually. The question is, how extensive is the circulation of the virus . Reporter dozens of hospital workers that came in contact with the patient are being monitored. The hospital issued a statement saying, we launched a meticulous tracing of anyone in the vacaville hospital that had any contact with that patient. Those that met the moderate or high risk category are asked to stay home and monitor themselves for any sign of covid19. The schools in the Fairfield Unified School District are taking precautions. The district has ordered all commonly shared services at each school to be wiped with a disinfectant. This comes
The dow fell 1190 points, thats the largest single day point drop ever. All of the financial turmoil comes as we receive new information about the nations First Community spread case of coronavirus that turned up here in Northern California. That patient is a woman from Solano County, and so far Health Officials can figure out how she was exposed to the virus. Debora villalon is alive at you see davis med center where that patient is being treated. Reporter she was transferred here from vacaville when her condition worsened very now everyone shes come in contact with is at risk. Officials say they expected this to happen eventually. We are going to see Community Transmission in the united states. The cdc and Solano County talk about a turning point in the coronavirus. When we picked it up, it may be other places and we dont know it. A woman in serious condition at Uc Davis Medical Center is the first case of unknown origin, diagnosed four days after she was admitted, before that she wa
Sometimes we have lighter commutes interstate 880 looking good. And there have been no major problems here on the east bay commute. And you can back out here, a little bit of slowing on 580 approaching the altamont pass. Now lets go back to the des glk a woman remains in serious condition at Uc Davis Medical Center this morning in an unprecedented case in the coronavirus crisis. This morning, doctors dont know how the woman from Solano County was exposed to the virus. She has not recently traveled to any of the countries hit hard by the outbreak or came in contact with anyone known to be infect. Authorities say the case has no connection to three uc davis students who were still being isolated because of possible exposure to the coronavirus. The new developments have prompted soup are advisors in Solano County to declare a local state of emergency. That will help the county get the resources needed to track down and test those who have come in contact with the woman who is being treate