Officials on Saturday announced a possible outbreak of coronavirus at a nursing facility in Washington State, a serious situation given the risks the virus poses to elderly people. The possible outbreak is at a long-term care facility in Kirkland, Wash., called Life Care, officials from Washington State and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on a media call Saturday. There are two presumptive positives associated with the facility, one a health care worker and the other a woman in her 70s. Adding to the concern, officials said approximately 27 of 108 residents and 25 of 180 staff have some kind of symptoms and are being tested. Jeff Duchin, a Washington State health official, said they are "very concerned about an outbreak in this setting, where there are many older people." Officials said the risk to the general public remains low. About 80 percent of people who get the virus are not thought to require hospitalization, but the risk is highest for those with underlying health conditions and the elderly. Duchin said a lack of availability of tests and strict criteria for testing from the CDC had delayed identification of people with the virus. "If we had the ability to test earlier, I'm sure we would have identified patients earlier," he said. The news of the potential nursing facility outbreak comes after officials in Washington State announced the first death in the United States from the coronavirus.
Officials on Saturday announced a possible outbreak of coronavirus at a nursing facility in Washington State, a serious situation given the risks the virus poses to elderly people.
The possible outbreak is at a long-term care facility in Kirkland, Wash., called Life Care, officials from Washington State and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on a media call Saturday.
There are two presumptive positives associated with the facility, one a health care worker and the other a woman in her 70s.
Adding to the concern, officials said approximately 27 of 108 residents and 25 of 180 staff have some kind of symptoms and are being tested.
Jeff Duchin, a Washington State health official, said they are "very concerned about an outbreak in this setting, where there are many older people."
Officials said the risk to the general public remains low. About 80 percent of people who get the virus are not thought to require hospitalization, but the risk is highest for those with underlying health conditions and the elderly.
Duchin said a lack of availability of tests and strict criteria for testing from the CDC had delayed identification of people with the virus.
"If we had the ability to test earlier, I'm sure we would have identified patients earlier," he said.
The news of the potential nursing facility outbreak comes after officials in Washington State announced the first death in the United States from the coronavirus. layjohns 发表于 2/29/2020 4:18:17 PM
美国效率太低了，到底几例都没报清楚。she /he都是mix用的，也搞不清楚到底是哪个病例去世。
为啥踩我。 LIVE Breaking News 都报了，这个center 27个residents 和25个staff都有症状，并未确诊。
1pm 是哪里的时间啊
所以她公司的同事们不算Public😓
4就是去世的那一例是50多岁男子，跟life care center没有关系
life care center出去两名，一名是5是70多岁女性，在evergreen health，另一名是40多岁女性员工，现在在bellevue overlake
这是我听到的信息
哪里看到是亚裔？
Trump是弱智或者cdc是弱智
说去世的是男的。亚裔。 Late 50s
实锤啊，cdc责无旁贷了
没错，而且king county 测试的容量是每天200，现在还没达到，还在plan （这之前都在干嘛呀），还说在跟商业测试合作。。。
“Adding to the concern, officials said approximately 27 of 108 residents and
25 of 180 staff have some kind of symptoms and are being tested.”
这个center总共288人(108+180)，其实都该查，可是现实是king county 现在就算想查也能力把这些人都查一遍
昨天才开始检测，一检测遍地开花。
华盛顿州昨天早上还是0例新增。接下来纽约也会重蹈华盛顿州的覆辙
所以是男的？ 刚刚记者有问是不是有韩国旅行史，不知道是不是韩裔的。
这个center隔离了没
他们现在要investigate。。。我猜要么是staff要么是周末有亲属visit带进来的。。。纯粹瞎猜
但是无论如何，社区感染已经开始了
大家有娃了一定要打电话给学校，详细问问他们对应这个危机有什么预案。
从华盛顿州政府目前的反应看，我觉得他们多地还很不够。
比如现在每天日检测为什么做不到200的capacity，为什么还在plan，为什么briefing的时候没有人知道从昨天才开始的检测到目前为止一共检测了多少例，其他的care facility如何吸取这次经验教训，我觉得他们都没有很好的协调和备案，最后还是强调要大家做好自我保护。
所以你如果担心学校，只能主动给学校施加压力，未必直接要求close school，但是要问清楚他们plan到了什么地步。
问题是纽约什么时候开始测
其他国家的前车之鉴，病毒转播速度非常快。测试标准放宽了，检验速度跟上了，下面几周可能会爆出很多例，成为新闻的重点。当人们对它关注到一定程度了，或是某个统计数字触及到CDC的一个标准的时候，CDC肯定有个protocol，无非就是隔离病人，关闭学校，公共场所。到那个时候你也不用上学上班了。只是从现在开始，到那个时候，你会要去怎么应对？每个人情况不同。如果家里有老人，我觉得还是保守一些，自己能isolate 就isolate吧。学校是有点儿困难，但是也可以先自己请假几天，看看情况。如果两周后没爆发出来再回去。或者也可以再等一周，做好防护，少出门聚会。想听听大家都有什么打算吗？
真的！
意大利的那是祖传技能
真的吗？
你不看顶楼总结的确诊病例，看个无根无据随便乱说的一句话，这个id一向不靠谱
就这样子的反应速度还一天到晚这个country那个country是坑的。