Officials in Delaware County announced that there are now six patients who tested positive for the deadly coronavirus, Your Content can report.
‘If it is not essential, please stay home.’ Delaware County Councilwoman Elaine Schaefer said.
‘Gov. Wolf is not going to be sending the National Guard or the State Police to shut anything down. We don’t have the authority to shut down private businesses. We recognize there’s challenges for businesses that have to close but we did get a notification today through the county commerce office that the Small Business Administration is making available loans to businesses that lost income due to the coronavirus emergency so I do think there are going to be other resources that folks will be hearing about and we will certainly be making information about that available to people.’
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common in people and many different species of animals, including camels, cattle, cats, and bats.
The CDC affirms that there are ongoing investigations to learn more. This is a rapidly evolving situation and information will be updated as it becomes available.
How will the coronavirus impact my community?
More cases of the coronavirus are likely to be identified in the coming days, according to the CDC. That includes a rapid increase in cases in the United States. It’s also likely that person-to-person spread will continue to occur, including in communities in the United States. It’s likely that at some point, widespread transmission of the coronavirus in the United States will occur.
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