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Thursday, March 12, 2020

Governor Hogan Statement Regarding First Case of COVID-19 Community Transmission in Maryland

From the Office of Governor Larry Hogan

Will Speak at 4:00 P.M. to Announce Major Actions to Protect Public Health and Limit Spread of Coronavirus Pandemic

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today announced the first case of community transmission of COVID-19 in Maryland. The patient, whose case was first announced last night, is a Prince George’s County resident who had no known exposure to coronavirus through travel or an infected individual.

Governor Hogan will speak at 4:00 p.m. at the State House to announce major actions that the state is taking to protect public health.

“The first case of COV-19 community transmission in Maryland means we are entering a new phase of working to mitigate and limit the spread of this pandemic,” said Governor Hogan. “What we are seeing now is what we have been anticipating and preparing for over the last several weeks. Later today, I will be announcing to Marylanders major actions we are taking to protect public health and safety.”

The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. The State of Maryland is continuing to operate under a state of emergency, and all levels of government are taking a comprehensive approach to keep Marylanders safe. To date, there are 12 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Maryland. The list of ongoing state actions is available at governor.maryland.gov/coronavirus.

For health resources regarding COVID-19, including case counts and clinician guidance, Marylanders should visit health.maryland.gov/coronavirus.
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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

80 million confirmed cases, 300,000 hospitalized and 17,000 deaths due to the swine flu in 2009, 2010. No travel bans, no cancelation of sports events, no panic only accolades for the government, no crash in the market. The difference, Obama

Anonymous said...

It comes through iPhones made in China. Each one has a tiny virus-filled capsule triggered to release when a certain telemarketers call at dinnertime. Obamaphones are said to have a different virus, one that triggers when burial insurance salespeople call.

(What's one more nonsense conspiracy when there are so many others?)

Anonymous said...

You are probably not so far-fetched. The virus could have come in the box with your new iPhone or any other purchase delivered by usps ups , etc. Even in the envelope with your bills... Scarey, isn’t it?????

Anonymous said...

Stop comparing to other viruses/pandemics. This is WAY different, even if it is a Dem created virus, it has gotten out of hand. The worst part, because of inaction from our President, we have a laughable supply of testing equipment. We are not going to be able to tell where it is, if/when it has stopped, or any other benefits we could get from testing surveillance. We are in big trouble, folks. Stay home and binge watch streaming shows.

Anonymous said...

1:40...are you saying none of that happened because of what Obama did/didn’t do or just because the media was in love with Obama?

Anonymous said...

Deadliest H1N1 and swine flu’s were during Obama’s presidency but never headline news and didn’t affect economy this is about trying to bring down president Trump.

Anonymous said...

359 Bwahaha, Trump is the one that made a big stink of closing down travel weeks back. You dont think that impacted investors? Then something totally unrelated (russia oil trade war) pops off. Oil tanked. Are you saying thats due to the media? Now you have a trump travel ban with europe. You fools ever actually take a look at reality or do you sit on the couch drunk off bud and make stuff up all the time?