More than 100 people on Long Island are being monitored for coronavirus, health officials said Wednesday, as Nassau County awaits test results on one person who showed symptoms of the virus. There are no confirmed cases of the coronavirus, known as COVID-19, in New York State, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said. But a Nassau County resident is quarantined at home until the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention complete testing on a sample from that individual, according to state Health Department Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker. The unidentified Long Islander is the only person in the state who hasn’t yet been determined to be free of the potentially deadlyvirus that has spread to every continent except Antarctica. The virus has sickened more than 81,000 people and killed more than 2,700 around the globe, according to the World Health Organization. Zucker said the reason for the delay in results is the high volume of cases being handled only by the CDC. Nassau Health Commissioner Lawrence Eisenstein said there have been five people who tested negative for coronavirus. Incoming Suffolk County Health Commissioner Gregson Pigott said there have been no suspected casesin that county to date. “This is a brand-new virus to us,” Eisenstein told reporters Wednesday during a news conference. “We’re learning new things every day. And I still don’t have the answers to many of the questions that you might ask about the pathophysiology of the virus and things like what is the known incubation period.” The 112 Long Islandpeople — 83 from Nassau and 29 from Suffolk — being monitored had recently traveled to China, where the COVID-19 outbreak first surfaced about two months ago. Even though they are not showing symptoms and have not been tested, the people being monitored are considered to have “potential exposure” and are asked to isolate themselves from the general public and their family, as a precaution, for two weeks. The county health departments receive a list from the CDC of people who have returned from China. Their staff reaches out to them to interview them.
长岛有100+ 人被MONITOR ， 貌似都是去过中国的， 可是昨天晚上才发布新闻。可是CDC自己根本测不过来的节奏， 又不肯下放测病毒的权力给各州。。。。
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More than 100 people on Long Island are being monitored for coronavirus, health officials said Wednesday, as Nassau County awaits test results on one person who showed symptoms of the virus.
There are no confirmed cases of the coronavirus, known as COVID-19, in New York State, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said. But a Nassau County resident is quarantined at home until the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention complete testing on a sample from that individual, according to state Health Department Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker.
The unidentified Long Islander is the only person in the state who hasn’t yet been determined to be free of the potentially deadlyvirus that has spread to every continent except Antarctica. The virus has sickened more than 81,000 people and killed more than 2,700 around the globe, according to the World Health Organization.
Zucker said the reason for the delay in results is the high volume of cases being handled only by the CDC.
Nassau Health Commissioner Lawrence Eisenstein said there have been five people who tested negative for coronavirus. Incoming Suffolk County Health Commissioner Gregson Pigott said there have been no suspected casesin that county to date.
“This is a brand-new virus to us,” Eisenstein told reporters Wednesday during a news conference. “We’re learning new things every day. And I still don’t have the answers to many of the questions that you might ask about the pathophysiology of the virus and things like what is the known incubation period.”
The 112 Long Islandpeople — 83 from Nassau and 29 from Suffolk — being monitored had recently traveled to China, where the COVID-19 outbreak first surfaced about two months ago. Even though they are not showing symptoms and have not been tested, the people being monitored are considered to have “potential exposure” and are asked to isolate themselves from the general public and their family, as a precaution, for two weeks.
The county health departments receive a list from the CDC of people who have returned from China. Their staff reaches out to them to interview them.