Health officials in the heart of the Silicon Valley took the most dire coronavirus steps yet in the U.S. by banning large public gatherings for three weeks starting Wednesday
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — . Across the country in New Rochelle, N.Y., the state on Tuesday created a one-mile-radius “containment area” to try to curb the outbreak.
The actions in the two cities that are among the hardest hit with coronavirus cases are what could be just the beginning of a cascading effect of states and local governments acting to contain the virus, which has sickened several hundred people in California and New York and hundreds more across the U.S. Both states are among the at least 13 that have declared a state of emergency or public health emergency. And in Ohio, which just confirmed its first case Tuesday, Gov.
“In general, we’re in a containment, blended mitigation,” Redfield told lawmakers Tuesday. “In some areas we’re in high mitigation.”came after the jurisdiction announced its first death on Monday, a woman in her 60s with chronic health conditions who was the county’s first case of transmission without a known source.
The mandatory order applies to all events with at least 1,000 people and was issued by Sara Cody, Santa Clara County's health officer. Cody last week recommended that sporting events and other mass gatherings be canceled, but her advice was ignored by the NHL's San Jose Sharks, which played three home games since then, and the MLS' San Jose Earthquakes, which played Saturday at their home stadium.
"This is a big decision to issue a legal order such as this," Cody said at a press conference Monday evening. "We needed to carefully consider it. I think over the last five days, the uptick in cases, particularly those where we found no link to travel or other cases ... that is a tipping point for us and it's time to issue an order.
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