Federal Judge Allows Costa Mesa To Block Transfer Of Up To 50 Coronavirus Patients To City

COSTA MESA (CBSLA) – A federal judge Friday granted the city of Costa Mesa’s temporary restraining order requesting to block as many as 50 confirmed coronavirus patients from being transferred to the city.

Federal court papers filed Friday state that the federal government planned to transfer the patients from Travis Air Force Base near Sacramento to the former Fairview Developmental Center on Sunday or Monday..

Some of the patients are from the Diamond Princess cruise ship from which more than 300 U.S. citizens were removed Monday...

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If this virus gets into Skid Row or San Francisco, it'll spread like wildfire.