Twenty-one people aboard a cruise ship barred from docking in San Francisco have tested positive for coronavirus, US officials said, as eight more states reported their first cases
New York/Los Angeles - Twenty-one people aboard a cruise ship that was barred from docking in San Francisco have tested positive for coronavirus, U.S. officials said on Friday, as eight more states reported their first cases of the fast-spreading respiratory disease.
"I'd rather have them stay on, personally, but I fully understand if they want to take them off," Trump told reporters after touring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Word of the new cases capped a week during which the virus began to disrupt daily life for many Americans. As stocks plunge and U.S. companies grapple with the economic fallout, the Trump administration is weighing tax relief for the deeply affected cruise, travel and airline industries, according to a source familiar with the plan.
Officials said a team of 30 medical professionals from the U.S. Public Health Service will deploy on Saturday to help the beleaguered LifeCare nursing home. "We are grateful that the cavalry is arriving," King County Executive Dow Constanine told reporters on Friday.
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