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Health Officials Confirm 2nd, 3rd, 4th Cases of Coronavirus in Bay Area and Neighboring County
The San Benito County cases are a husband and wife, both 57, health officials said. The husband recently traveled to Wuhan . . . .
The wife did not join him, so the transmission has been person-to-person, but officials confirmed that neither of the patients have left the home since the husband's return from China. . .
The San Francisco case, a visitor to the U.S., had recently traveled to Wuhan. She arrived Jan. 23 to visit family . . .
The patient has stayed at home with family since she arrived, except for two occasions when she sought outpatient medical care. She has been regularly monitored and was never sick enough to be hospitalized, the release said.
The woman's family members have also been isolated at the home.
The first case in the Bay Area was a man who traveled to Wuhan and Shanghai before returning Jan. 24 to California, where he became ill,
The man was also never sick enough to be hospitalized and "self-isolated" by staying home
The man left home twice to seek outpatient care at a local clinic and a hospital. Public health officials are now trying to reach anyone he may have come into contact with during those times to assess whether they were exposed to the virus.
Those people, along with the few members of his household, will have to undergo a 14-day quarantine.
Health officials believe it can take up to two weeks for someone who is infected to get sick.
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