{"id":22328,"date":"2020-02-24T17:35:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T01:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=22328"},"modified":"2020-02-24T17:36:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T01:36:12","slug":"supervisor-barger-and-dr-ferrer-provide-coronavirus-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=22328","title":{"rendered":"Supervisor Barger and Dr. Ferrer Provide Coronavirus Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_7536966454040915245MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LOS ANGELES \u2013\u00a0Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger and Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/supervisorbarger\/videos\/797265624115693\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/supervisorbarger\/videos\/797265624115693\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1582679698899000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFRy04zW1eLL1kUs3DuQ14ia6TQ6A\">hosted a roundtable<\/a>\u00a0to provide an update on the novel coronavirus. They were joined by Zhang Ping, the Consul General of the People\u2019s Republic of China in Los Angeles.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7536966454040915245MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7536966454040915245MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cConcerns about the coronavirus has had a tremendous impact on residents, businesses, schools, and healthcare professionals throughout the region, along with a significant drain on travel and tourism,\u201d\u00a0Supervisor Barger said. \u201cParticipating in ongoing dialogue is critical to share accurate information about the latest efforts in Los Angeles County to protect our communities and to avoid any unnecessary repercussions.\u201d<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7536966454040915245MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7536966454040915245MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr. Ferrer spoke about the current status of the virus and the efforts of the Department of Public Health to protect residents and prevent the spread of illness.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7536966454040915245MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7536966454040915245MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cNobody should assume that anyone of Asian descent is likely to have the novel coronavirus,\u201d Dr. Ferrer said. \u201cLos Angeles County has only had one case of novel coronavirus in a traveler from Wuhan City, China last month. That person has since been cleared with two negative tests and is no longer subject to quarantine or isolation orders. There have been no additional cases in Los Angeles County and the immediate risk to the general public here is low.\u201d<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7536966454040915245MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7536966454040915245MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr. Ferrer highlighted informational materials, videos and updates that are available in multiple languages, including Chinese, to assist health professionals, school administrators, elected officials and community leaders to communicate with the public. These resources can be found on the Department of Public Health\u2019s website\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/publichealth.lacounty.gov\/media\/Coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/publichealth.lacounty.gov\/media\/Coronavirus\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1582679698899000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGPWajGEeaoD6tYIZjNlufiQVvoQg\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0?ui=2&amp;ik=cb7df8f6cd&amp;attid=0.1&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1659469345696570549&amp;th=17079e93e1e4dcb5&amp;view=fimg&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ9JRMg9mVjX-PE4SX3FEd4XOan10dwiu5MmEG5vlYIcYKib_O5PwGu6p7vj8cTo-2FuiP30Ehv8GXq6FQX9aescqqQXD2TR3vz7hKovPGXIWExzvgAxxh1lMNI&amp;disp=emb\" alt=\"A close up of a sign Description automatically generated\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2013\u00a0Los Angeles County Supervisor&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22328"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22330,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22328\/revisions\/22330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}