Public Safety
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The Osceola County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of new portable and dual band radios at a cost of $330,552 during its meeting Dec. 16, by a vote of 5-1. -
City Council is considering two options that would charge for paramedic care provided by the Monterey Fire Department when ambulance transport is needed. Some are concerned it would discourage people from calling 911.
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Gov. Bob Ferguson said he would request an expedited emergency declaration from the federal government, seeking to unlock federal resources and financial support, as flooding continues in Western Washington this week.
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The state announced the case total had risen to 192, including 173 Floridians, and that a sixth person had died at a Broward County assisted living facility. A full breakdown of new cases wasn’t immediately available.
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“You saw all the people partying this weekend for St. Patrick’s Day,” said the director of the division of infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. “I’m happy for them but I’m very sorry for us.”
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"We are at a critical inflection point in this country, people. …," U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams told Fox News. "When you look at the projections, there's every chance that we could be Italy."
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Hospitals are using “conservation techniques” based on guidance from the CDC and the state health department, said the vice president of emergency management at the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.
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If the spread of coronavirus turns out to fall short of the worst-case scenarios we’re hearing now — and let’s hope it does — it’s easy to envision such regrets. People are bound to ask whether government overreacted.
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“The last thing we want [hospitals] worrying about is having enough blood for trauma victims and cancer patients. That’s why it’s imperative that healthy individuals donate blood at drives and blood donation sites now.”
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The district will only close schools if an outbreak directly affects a school, a spokesman said. Local health officials' recommendations for the scope and duration of school closures will be made case by case.
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As the novel coronavirus continues to infect people across the U.S., this Kirkland, Wash., hospital’s response offers lessons for other areas bracing for an outbreak that could overwhelm the nation’s health-care system.
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The task force will consist of representatives from law enforcement, EMS, Madison County Emergency Management, local hospitals, businesses and elected officials. The H1N1 virus outbreak took place in the county in 2009.
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Nationwide, especially in hardest-hit areas, companies are implementing policies to address employee concerns about exposure and offer options in case the crisis worsens. The number of U.S. cases topped 700 this week.
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In Northern California, potential exposure to the new coronavirus was exacerbated because hospitals were surprised by the community spread of the virus and hampered by the initial federal protocols on diagnostic testing.
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Since King County, Wash., became epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, local consumers and companies have given new meaning to “cancel culture” as they retreat from public interactions — and the related economic activity.
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Health officials reported at least 136 coronavirus cases in Washington as of Sunday, including 19 deaths. King County has seen 17 deaths, including two on Sunday, and Snohomish and Grant counties have each seen one.
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One district is going to a card-based system rather than a keypad for buying lunches at elementary schools to reduce student contact with shared items. Welcome to school in the age of the new coronavirus, COVID-19.
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The new coronavirus is an enveloped virus and not that hard to deactivate, but even hospitals aren’t disinfecting adequately, says Gavin Macgregor-Skinner, and nurses on the front lines are concerned and want more information.
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A Chinese Center for Disease Control report says the fatality rate for people with coronavirus was under 0.5% for people under age 50. But it rose to 3.6% for 60- to 69-year-olds … and a whopping 14.8% for people 80 and older.
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The mayor’s proclamation was submitted to the council for confirmation, modification or rejection, and the council should act within 48 hours. The emergency will end when “extraordinary measures” are no longer required.
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Besides the delay in getting functioning kits to labs, coronavirus testing has had restrictive guidelines for who can be tested under the FDA’s "emergency use authorization" for labs allowed to conduct the assessments.
