Judge halts plan to move virus patients to California city
Source: AP
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) A court temporarily blocked the U.S. government from sending up to 50 people infected with a new virus from China to a Southern California city for quarantine after local officials argued that the plan lacked details about how the community would be protected from the outbreak.
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order late Friday to halt the transportation of anyone who has tested positive for the new coronavirus to Costa Mesa, a city of 110,000 in the heart of Orange County. U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Stanton scheduled a hearing on the issue Monday.
City officials quickly sought court intervention after learning from the California Governors Office of Emergency Services that U.S. officials planned to start moving patients to a state-owned facility in Costa Mesa as early as Sunday.
They said in court documents that local officials were not included in the planning effort and wanted to know why the Fairview Developmental Center was considered a suitable quarantine site and what kind of safeguards were put in place to prevent the possible transmission of the virus that has spread globally.
FILE - In this April 15, 2015, file photo the Fairview Developmental Center is seen in Costa Mesa, Calif. A judge has put on hold a U.S. plan to quarantine up to 50 people infected with a new virus from China in a Southern California city. Costa Mesa officials asked for a court to intervene Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, after learning that federal authorities planned to move patients to the facility in the city as early as Sunday. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register/SCNG via AP, File)
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yaesu
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or not
jeffreyi
(1,937 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
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LisaL
(44,967 posts)bluestarone
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EndlessWire
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alwaysinasnit
(5,057 posts)Bayard
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bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)James48
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(37,281 posts)at Trump Rallies.
Not a nice thing to wish on my fellow citizens.
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