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San Francisco health officials report no confirmed local coronavirus cases; outline containment and public guidance
Summary
DPH leaders told the Health Commission that there were no confirmed coronavirus cases in San Francisco and described containment, quarantine and community-mitigation plans while urging routine prevention measures and targeted communications to affected communities.
Grant Colfax, director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health, told the Health Commission that the department had no newly diagnosed coronavirus cases in San Francisco and that most response efforts remain focused on prevention and containment.
The update delivered by Dr. Thomas Aragon, DPH—s communicable-disease lead, laid out the department—s strategy: identify and transport suspected cases, isolate and test symptomatic people, quarantine close contacts (mandatory quarantine for some travelers from Hubei Province), and use active monitoring for other returnees from affected areas. Aragon noted national case counts and the department—s intent to be transparent if a local case is confirmed. "We have no newly diagnosed cases in San Francisco of coronavirus at this…
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