26August 2020
New assistance on coronavirus screening and travel issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention drew strong pushback from California officials Wednesday.The CDC is no longer advising a 14-day quarantine for tourists. After the federal government provided a compulsory quarantine for tourists getting here in the U.S. from Wuhan, China, in February, the guidance that travelers isolate for 2 weeks was adopted by several states and encouraged by local officials as a key tool in mitigating the spread of the unique coronavirus– especially amongst individuals who may be asymptomatic.Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday stated he disagrees with the CDC's new guidance and insisted that it will not impact California. “I don't agree with the brand-new CDC guidance. Duration. Complete stop,”he stated.”We will not be influenced by that modification.
“Ad Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer stated those taking a trip to places with high transmission rates should be mindful of the possible to contract the infection and expose others to it. She also advised locals that L.A. County is
find and test those who can be found in contact with them, Newsom said, steps that are crucial to slowing the spread of COVID-19. The new laboratory is expected to start processing coronavirus tests in November. When the lab is at complete capacity in March and processing as many as 150,000 tests each day
, the expense per test is anticipated to be a bit more than$ 30, Newsom stated. Medicare and Medi-Cal pay about$100 per test, and the typical general expense differs from$150 to$200 per test, state officials stated.
Ad Lowering testing costs not just will conserve money for workers and their companies but also lower expenses for Medi-Cal, the federally subsidized insurance coverage program for low-income Californians, the governor stated.”This is precisely what the federal government should be doing,”Newsom stated.”Had the federal government done this some time back, you would not see average costs [per] test at$150 to$200– costing the taxpayers, rather actually, 10s of billions of dollars, costing employers billions and billions of dollars, costing the health prepares billions of dollars also.”The news comes as California battles to keep its case count and hospitalization numbers down. The state's 14-day average for positive tests is at 6.1%, and hospitalizations over that very same period have reduced by 17%, Newsom said Wednesday.
Ad In L.A. County, officials reported 58 extra COVID-19 deaths Wednesday and 1,642 extra cases. Those numbers are lower than what was reported just a month ago, but higher than Tuesday's everyday case count, which
dipped listed below 1,000 for the very first time considering that early June.The drop in infections was reported the very same day that the California Department of Public Health reported the county's 14-day average case rate had actually dropped listed below 200 per 100,000 citizens. That threshold would allow grade schools to request waivers to hold in-person classes, but on Wednesday, Ferrer stated the county is not all set to make that move. Authorities also reported that 1,200 pregnant ladies and ladies between the ages of 14 and 52 have actually evaluated positive for the virus and two have actually passed away from issues. Of the 193 babies who were tested at birth, 8 were positive. This marks the first time the county has reported favorable