Testing was continuing on the ship, but its fate is emerging as a major public health challenge for California, where the number of coronavirus cases has pushed past 60.
after returning from an earlier voyage to Mexico. He is the state’s only confirmed COVID-19 fatality.. With testing still underway, officials still don’t know how many of the more than 3,000 people on board have the virus. They also have not determined exactly where those who are infected would go.According to a source on the ship who asked not to be identified, the boat has moved to just south of San Francisco and closer to shore to allow easier U.S. Coast Guard access.
President Trump said he would ultimately let Pence, who leads the task force in charge of the response, decide whether to allow passengers to leave the ship. But he said several times that he would be inclined to leave them on board because bringing them ashore would increase the number of official cases on American soil.“I like the numbers being where they are. I don’t need to have the numbers being doubled because of one ship,” Trump said.
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