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UP FRONT Tuesday 10 March 2020

Infected cruise ship unloads passengers in California

Continued from Front ed positive for COVID-19, canceled classes for a
will be quarantined and week when it was discov-
As the ship sailed under the treated aboard the ship, ered a family in the district
Golden Gate Bridge to en- which will dock elsewhere was exposed to COVID-19.
ter the harbor, passenger after passengers are un- Georgia's fourth-largest
Karen Schwartz Dever said loaded, California Gov. school district, which has
"everyone was hollering Gavin Newsom has said. more than 93,000 stu-
and clapping." For most people, the new dents, closed its schools
Twenty-three people who coronavirus causes only for at least one day after
needed acute medical mild or moderate symp- a teacher at two middle
care had been taken off toms, such as fever and schools was confirmed to
the ship by late Monday cough. For some, especial- have the coronavirus.
afternoon, but it was not ly older adults and people The Grand Princess had
clear how many of them with existing health prob- been held off the coast
had tested positive for the lems, it can cause more se- since Wednesday because
virus, said Shawn Boyd, a vere illness, including pneu- Tents stand on a wharf near the Grand Princess at the Port of of evidence that it was the
spokesman for the Califor- monia. Oakland in Oakland, Calif., Monday, March 9, 2020. breeding ground for more
nia Office of Emergency According to the World Associated Press than 20 infections tied to a
Services. Live TV footage Health Organization, peo- previous voyage.
showed at least one pas- ple with mild illness recover cause an employee test- Several universities have Passengers from the previ-
senger, an older man wear- in about two weeks, while ed positive Sunday for the begun online-only courses, ous voyage have tested
ing a face mask, climbing those with more severe ill- coronavirus. Workers will be including the University of positive in California and
onto a stretcher and being ness may take three to six on "mandatory telework Washington, Stanford Uni- other states. Six Canadians
lifted into the back of an weeks to recover. In main- status" and three Earth sci- versity and Columbia Uni- who were on the Grand
ambulance. Officials have land China, where the virus ence airplane missions are versity. The largest school Princess from Feb. 11 to
said the unloading will take first exploded, more than being delayed to later this district in Northern Califor- 21 were also confirmed to
up to three days. 80,000 people have been year, the county said. nia, with 64,000 students, have the virus.q
"Our intent is to basically diagnosed and more than
disembark about half the 58,000 have so far recov-
passengers today. Eve- ered.
ryone will be screened In an effort to stop the virus
initially today," said Robert from spreading, Italy will im-
Kadlec, assistant secretary pose travel restrictions and
of Health and Human Serv- other strict public health
ices Services. measures nationwide start-
Workers wearing gloves ing Tuesday. And a combi-
and yellow protective gear nation of coronavirus fears
erected a large tent by a and plunging oil prices sent
platform where passengers stocks on Wall Street plum-
were disembarking, and meting Monday.
two tents displaying Cana- The virus has infected 600
dian flags were also on the people in the United States
tarmac. At least 20 buses — including the director
and five ambulances wait- of the agency that runs
ed. Canada and the UK the airports in New York
were among the countries and New Jersey — and at
sending chartered flights to least 26 have died, most in
take home citizens. Washington state. Surgeon
U.S. passengers will be General Jerome Adams
flown or bused from the said communities will need
port — chosen for its prox- to start thinking about can-
imity to an airport and a celing large gatherings,
military base — to bases in closing schools and letting
California, Texas and Geor- more employees work from
gia for testing and a 14-day home, as many companies
quarantine. The ship is car- have done after an out-
rying people from 54 coun- break in the Seattle area.
tries, and foreigners will be NASA's Ames Research
whisked home. Center in California's Silicon
About 1,100 crew mem- Valley is essentially closed
bers, 19 of whom have test- with restricted access be-