HAPPENING NOW: Joint press conference between city of San Antonio and Bexar County on mistaken release of a positive Wuhan evacuee this weekend.
Mayor Ron Nirenberg: "We simply cannot have a screw up like this from our federal partners."
Mayor Ron Nirenberg: "We simply cannot have a screw up like this from our federal partners."
Nirenberg and County Judge Nelson Wolff say they do not believe the Diamond Princess evacuees who have not yet been isolated w/ positive tests or symptoms should not be released today, as scheduled.
They said they've requested another round of testing be done for those evacuees
They said they've requested another round of testing be done for those evacuees
Dawn Emerick, the brand new director of Metro Health, said the department agrees w/ those officials. Says that the criteria for two negative tests should be expanded to three negative tests, hence the request to not release Diamond Princess evacuees.
Anita Kurian of Metro Health: The released Wuhan evacuee stayed at the Holiday Inn hotel near the airport and visited the North Star Mall after being released from the Texas Center for Infectious Disease.
Here's the breakdown of Metro Health's contract tracing investigation, by location:
-18 exposed at TCID, 2 of which are deemed "medium risk"
-3 exposed at hotel
-Unknown exposure at mall
-18 exposed at TCID, 2 of which are deemed "medium risk"
-3 exposed at hotel
-Unknown exposure at mall
Officials have stressed they don't believe the 122 Diamond Princess evacuees previously scheduled for release today should not be allowed to leave until they are tested a 3rd time. Nirenberg said they will ensure at local level that those evacuees are not a risk to the public.
