Pennsylvania now has 2 confirmed cases of coronavirus

[Mrs. Overall]

Source: WTAE

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced Friday morning the state's first two cases of coronavirus, one in Delaware County and one in Wayne County.

The two people are quarantined in their homes, Wolf said. No other information on the people affected has been released.

Meanwhile, classes were cancelled Friday at five schools in an eastern Pennsylvania school district because some members of its school community were exposed to a confirmed case of the new coronavirus, district officials said.

Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine says the two cases confirmed in Pennsylvania are not related to the case that closed schools.

Read more: https://www.wtae.com/article/pennsylvania-now-has-2-confirmed-cases-of-coronavirus/31260590#

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Philly Inquirer had a breaking news earlier this morning about this

(one of my sisters lives in Delaware County and her son's school has been sending out series of emails about how they are handling the situation - and that was before this announcement)

9:37 AM - March 6, 2020
Two presumed cases of coronavirus in Pennsylvania, Gov. Wolf confirms


Gov. Tom Wolf has confirmed two presumptive positive coronavirus cases in Pennsylvania, including one in Delaware County and Wayne County, near where President Trump held a rally Thursday night. “In the last few hours we received confirmation of two presumed positive... cases of COVID-19 or coronavirus in Pennsylvania,” Wolf said during a Friday morning news conference.

The results have yet to be confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control. Rachel Levine, Health Secretary for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, said the two patients are quarantined at home and "in good physical condition.” The cases are separate from the temporary closing of five schools in the Central Bucks School District, Levine said.

The patients were tested today, and the positive tests have been sent to the CDC for confirmation. “Right now the emphasis of the plan is mitigation — tactics to keep the virus from spreading widely,” Wolf said. "I want to emphasize we all should remain calm here.”

The two patients contracted coronavirus “through some travel,” not through community spread, Levine said. “We’re not discussing specifically how they were exposed and we don’t want to say who they are... because according to our regulations that’s confidential information.” “We expect more cases to be confirmed in the upcoming days and weeks, and we want everyone to take action to help prevent the spread of this novel coronavirus,” Levine said.

The state is having multiple daily briefings with federal officials, working with every level of government in Pennsylvania, and is running a command center in Harrisburg.


https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/coronavirus-covid-19-philadelphia-bucks-county-pennsylvania-new-jersey-confirmed-cases-updates-20200306.html#card-FNGGQESJNRAXFO6ZU7OO657H7E18

[Pale Blue Dot]

2. One of them is where my sister lives.

My nephew goes to Penn State and the school has already told them to bring all of their school stuff home over the next break in case they have to finish the semester online.