USA Today: Cruise ship kept off West Coast; California, LA declare emergencies
A cruise ship was being held off the coast of San Francisco on Thursday amid fears that more than 3,500 passengers and crew may have been exposed to the coronavirus blamed for almost 3,300 deaths worldwide.
Testing kits are being flown to the cruise ship. It won’t return to port until testing is complete.
LATEST: Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency after announcing California had 53 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus, including one death.
The deceased patient had been aboard a cruise ship that traveled from San Francisco to Mexico last month. https://t.co/GByYKH6dId pic.twitter.com/JMfD641g2O
— ABC News (@ABC) March 5, 2020
