{"id":98136,"date":"2020-03-26T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T19:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=98136"},"modified":"2020-03-26T12:00:40","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T19:00:40","slug":"confirmed-case-of-covid-19-from-mono-country-being-treated-in-tuolumne-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=98136","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed Case of COVID-19 From Mono Country Being Treated in Tuolumne County"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sonora, CA… Last night, March 25th, 2020, the Tuolumne County Public Health Department was notified that a 31 year-old female resident of Mono County tested positive for COVID-19 and is being treated at Adventist Health Sonora. Preliminary investigations indicate that the patient\u2019s exposure to COVID-19 occurred in Mono County then the person traveled to Tuolumne County, then later sought medical care. This case is associated with community transmission in Mono County and was not acquired through local community spread in Tuolumne.<\/p>\n

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Early investigation indicates the patient traveled with a companion who has also developed minor symptoms but is under isolation. Tuolumne and Mono County Departments of Public Health are both working to identify any other potential contacts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must remain ready for additional cases of COVID-19 in our county and work with our partners to rapidly contain any cases that arise,\u201d said Dr. Eric Sergienko, Tuolumne County Interim Health Officer. \u201cTuolumne County Public Health staff are coordinating quickly with Mono County on the investigation in order to contain the virus to the case and contact identified last night\u201d, added Dr. Sergienko.<\/p>\n

Tuolumne County Public Health will provide further updates as more information becomes available.
\nIt is important to remind everyone of the importance of complying with local and state health officer orders, including the California Health Officer\u2019s stay-at-home order in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Details and frequently asked questions regarding the stay-at-home order can be viewed at the California COVID-19 website: https:\/\/covid19.ca.gov\/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs\/#top<\/p>\n

A local Health Officer\u2019s Order will go into effect today to Screen for Febrile Respiratory Illness (FRI) and for Ill Residents to Isolate. This is an order that has been developed over the last week in conjunction with other county departments and county counsel. The order directs healthcare providers to report to Public Health all febrile (related to fever) respiratory illness, provides monitoring and isolation instructions, and for employers to screen their employees for FRI before they start their workday. <\/p>\n

In addition to the activities outlined in the Health Officer Order and other guidance materials issued by the CDC and California Department of Public Health, individuals can continue to take the following actions to help to prevent acquiring or spreading COVID-19:
\n\u2022 Wash your hands often with soap and water for 20 seconds
\n\u2022 Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands
\n\u2022 Avoid close contact with people who are sick
\n\u2022 Stay home if you are sick
\n\u2022 Clean surfaces that are touched often, like toys and doorknobs, phones, etc.
\n\u2022 Maintain regular healthy activities such as physical exercise and eating nutritious foods
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Sonora, CA… Last night, March 25th, 2020, the Tuolumne County Public Health Department was notified that a 31 year-old female resident of Mono County tested positive for COVID-19 and is being treated at Adventist Health Sonora. Preliminary investigations indicate that the patient\u2019s exposure to COVID-19 occurred in Mono County then the person traveled to Tuolumne […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,33,1,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-health-fitness","category-news","category-tuolumne-county","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Document.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}