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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, defended this Sunday the response of the US Government led by the vice president, Mike Pence, against the epidemic of coronavirus.
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d “We have a perfectly coordinated and adjusted plan in the White House for our fight against the coronavirus”, Trump said through his Twitter account.
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“We started VERY quickly to close the borders in some areas, which was a divine gift. The vice president is doing a great job, ”he added, before denouncing the media for spreading malicious information about the White House response. “They are doing everything they can to make us look bad. How sad! ”, The president has concluded.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States have confirmed this Saturday 377 cases of the new coronavirus throughout the country, 49 of which correspond to citizens repatriated from Wuhan (3) and the cruise ship ‘Diamond Princess’ (46). As for the deceased, there are already 17 confirmed cases.
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The most affected state is that of Washington (northwest) with 86 confirmed cases, followed by California, with 79, and Texas, with 19. In the other states the confirmed cases are minimal.
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The cruise ship ‘Grand Princess’, which is located off the coast of California, will begin on Sunday to disembark passengers in the port of Oakland, after the more than 2,500 people on board were quarantined after the death of a passenger by coronavirus and 21 cases have been confirmed.
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“We have received a response at the state and local level and the ‘Grand Princess’ will go to the port of Oakland this Sunday to begin disembarking passengers requiring medical treatment and hospitalization,” Princess Cruises has confirmed through its account from Twitter
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The company has detailed that the disembarkation of passengers will continue on Monday and, after carrying out the corresponding tests, residents in California will be transferred to facilities in the same state to continue with the procedure and keep them in quarantine.
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For their part, people who do not reside in California will be transferred by the federal government to different facilities in other states. The crew will also be quarantined and will carry out the same on board the cruise.
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The cruise, which was headed to Hawaii, returned to the city of San Francisco after several passengers and crew members began experiencing symptoms of the new coronavirus. The deceased due to coronavirus on board was 71 years old and died two weeks after returning to the country in the same boat and after traveling to Mexico. An estimated 60 people who traveled with him are now on the cruise.
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Although the epicenter of the coronavirus is in Wuhan and most cases are registered in China, cases have been detected in other countries in Southeast Asia, Europe, America and the Middle East. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the international health emergency at the end of January and has asked the international community to redouble its efforts.
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