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Indiana Cases: 3/6/2020 |
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By: mixin Date: March 8, 2020, 5:44 pm |
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First case of coronavirus confirmed in Indiana |
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Posted: 11:16 AM, Mar 06, 2020 Updated: 6:23 PM, Mar 06, 2020 |
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By: Matt McKinney , Nicole Griffin |
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana health officials confirmed Friday a |
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case of the coronavirus in Indianapolis. |
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Gov. Eric Holcomb has declared a public health emergency in |
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Indiana. |
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The patient is an adult male who recently traveled to Boston for |
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an event, Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box |
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said. The man called ahead to the health department and entered |
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Community North Hospital through a side door with health |
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professionals. |
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His contact with others was minimal to none, Community Health |
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Network Physician Dr. Ram Yeleti said. The patient is now in |
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self-isolation, and was only at the hospital from about 11:30 |
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p.m. Thursday to 2:30 a.m. Friday. |
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Twelve people have been tested, and another 35 are being |
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monitored for the virus, Box said. |
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More here: |
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https://www.theindychannel.com/coronavirus/first-case-of-coronavirus-confirmed-… |
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Snips from another article from Mar 6: |
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Indiana health officials confirm first case of coronavirus |
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Shari Rudavsky and Kellie Hwang, Indianapolis StarPublished |
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11:17 a.m. ET March 6, 2020 | Updated 2:40 p.m. ET March 6, 2020 |
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"He is in stable condition, is self-isolated and does not |
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require hospitalization. They said they have no indications so |
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far that the man transmitted the disease to anyone else. |
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How Indiana diagnosed the COVID-19 case |
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The Indiana man attended a conference in Boston in recent days |
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and flew home on Wednesday, health officials said. He had |
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developed a sore throat, a low grade fever and a cough. |
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... |
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He did not go to work on Thursday but received notice that |
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others who attended that conference have fallen ill with |
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COVID-19 and wondered whether he might have contracted the |
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virus, as well. |
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At that point, he contacted the state Health Department, who |
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advised him to call ahead to a hospital and undergo testing. On |
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Thursday night the man went to Community Health North. |
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He was taken through a side entrance of Community Hospital |
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North, placed into an isolation room with negative airflow and |
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did not have any contact with other patients, said Dr. Ram |
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Yeleti, chief physician executive with Community Health Network. |
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All the caregivers who tended to him wore appropriate infection |
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control. |
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“No patients, no other caregivers were exposed to this |
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individual,” Yeleti said |
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... |
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On Thursday, Indiana State Department of Health officials said |
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that six residents who had been aboard the cruise ship the Grand |
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Princess would be under a 14-day home quarantine. At least two |
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travelers on that boat developed COVID-19 infections, one of |
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them deadly. |
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https://www.indystar.com/story/news/health/2020/03/06/coronavirus-indiana-cases… |
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