By Jackie Botts and Kate Cimini Beto V. heard the ambulance pull up to the Colonial Motel where he was quarantined by his employer, police sirens close behind. That was his first clue a fellow farmworker had died of COVID-19. Beto, who used a shortened version of his name for...
Distrust of Authority Fuels Virus Misinformation for Latinos
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — When Claudia Guzman suspected she had caught the coronavirus, her friends and family were full of advice: Don’t quarantine. Don’t get tested. A homemade tea will help cure you. “They were saying, ‘Don’t go to the hospital,’ because supposedly, if you are admitted into the hospital, they...
Sheriff Places 1,200 Fresno Inmates Into COVID-19 Quarantine
About 1,200 inmates at Fresno County’s north annex jail went into quarantine Friday after 13 COVID-19 tests came back positive, the sheriff's office said in a news release. On June 10, the sheriff's office received negative COVID-19 results for 25 sentenced inmates awaiting transfer to Wasco State Prison. All of those inmates were...
McClintock: COVID Quarantine Threatens Our Free Society
Quarantine is the forced confinement of a person who has contracted or been exposed to an infectious disease. Although it is a long-standing police power of governments, it is seldom used because seldom needed — sick people generally stay home on their own. When it must be used, it is...
Singer Jon Bon Jovi Asks Kindergartners to ‘Do What You Can’
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — A Florida kindergarten teacher took his virtual classroom to new levels on Monday when rock icon Jon Bon Jovi popped in on a writing lesson about life in the coronavirus quarantine. Last month, the Grammy award-winning 80s rocker released an incomplete version of “Do What You Can," which is...
Fall in New Cases Raises Hope in Virus Outbreak in China
BEIJING — The number of new cases of the coronavirus in China dropped for a second straight day, health officials said Wednesday in a possible glimmer of hope amid the outbreak that has infected over 45,000 people worldwide and killed more than 1,100. Chinese President Xi Jinping, meanwhile, promised tax...
Nearly 200 Evacuees to Leave Coronavirus Quarantine in US
RIVERSIDE — Nearly 200 evacuees prepared Tuesday to end their two-week quarantine at a Southern California military base where they have been living since flying out of China during a deadly viral outbreak. None of those who flew into March Air Reserve Base have tested positive for the novel coronavirus,...
Unknowns of the New Virus Make Global Quarantines a Struggle
SEOUL, South Korea — Health authorities are scrambling to halt the spread of a new virus that has killed hundreds in China, restricting visitors from the country and confining thousands on cruise ships for extensive screening after some passengers tested positive. But with important details about the illness and how...
China Opens Virus Hospital, Market Plunges as Toll Grows
BEIJING — China opened a new hospital built in 10 days, infused cash into its tumbling financial markets and further restricted people's movement in sweeping new steps Monday to contain a rapidly spreading virus and its escalating impact. Japanese officials, meanwhile, were deciding whether to quarantine more than 3,000 people...
New Virus from China is Global Emergency Says UN Agency
BEIJING — The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has been exported to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of cases spiked tenfold in a week. The U.N. health agency defines an international emergency as...