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<br>Two Florida residents have died of coronavirus, the first deaths in the state attributed to the outbreak, bringing the U.S. death toll to 17.
The Florida Department of Health confirmed the deaths on Friday night.<img src="https://media.istockphoto.com/id/516449022/de/foto/lady-mit-dem-kajak.jpg?b=1&s=170x170&k=20&c=Nu4TLd-oSsNEGTd5m2z_gjglhe8AMJW1QyEifLRDTPs="; style="max-width:400px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;" alt="" /> The state also said three new cases had tested positive in the state, bringing the total cases to seven, plus five who were repatriated from abroad.
One of the fatalities was a man in his 70s who had been sick in Santa Rosa County in the Panhandle, and the other was a man in his 70s in Lee County on the Gulf Coast. Both men had reportedly traveled internationally.
The new presumptive positive cases included two men in Broward County, ages 65 and 75, who are currently in isolation under medical supervision. The third new positive test was the man who died in Lee County.
Florida Gov. <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?sel=site&searchPhrase=Ron%20DeSantis">Ron DeSantis</a> speaks about the COVID-19 virus during a news conference at the Florida Department of Health on Monday, March 2, 2020, in Miami
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Florida also has 278 residents under public health monitoring, <a href="https://discover.hubpages.com/search?query=meaning">meaning</a>; they are at risk of having been exposed to to the virus and are monitoring their health under the supervision of public health officials.
The latest deaths bring the outbreak's U.S. death toll to 17, and they are the first fatalities on the East Coast.
The other deaths occurred in California and Washington state, which has become the biggest viral hot zone in the nation.
President Donald Trump is spending at least part of the weekend in his resort in Palm Beach, Florida, after landing on Friday night in Air Force One.
On Friday night Trump is scheduled to host Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro at Mar-a-Lago.
President Trump arrives in Florida aboard Air Force One on Friday night. He is spending the Friday night at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach
President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One as he arrives Friday in Florida
The deaths in Florida came on a day of fast-moving developments, including:
Confirmed cases were reported for the first time in Kentucky and Indiana
Twenty-one people aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship tested positive
Trump signed an $8.3 billion measure to combat the coronavirus outbreak Friday
The president said 'anyone who wants a test can get a test' - despite shortages
New York state confirmed 11 new cases Friday, <a href="https://jetblacktransportation.com/c/t/how-to-transfer-from-westchester-county-to-jfk-airport-ny/">JetBlack</a>; taking its total to 44
Silicon Valley continues to close its doors as major tech hubs of California and Seattle increasingly become virus hotspots
Apple told all 12,000 employees at its headquarters Apple Park to remain home Friday, following similar guidance from Facebook and Microsoft
Amazon and Facebook both have employees with the disease in Seattle
Officials in Austin announced that South by Southwest festival will be canceled
Most US cases have been linked to the Life Care Center nursing facility in Kirkland, near Seattle, where nine residents have died
It emerged that three days before the first cases were confirmed, the facility held a 'germ-fest' party meaning the spread could be far wider than thought
In San Francisco, 21 people aboard a mammoth cruise ship off the California coast tested positive for the new coronavirus and 19 of them are crew members.
Vice President Mike Pence announced the test results on Friday, amid evidence the vessel was the breeding ground for a deadly cluster of more than 10 cases during its previous voyage.
He said federal officials were working with California authorities around-the-clock to bring the Grand Princess, with more than 3,500 on board, to a non-commercial port over the weekend and test everyone for the virus. There was no immediate word on where the vessel will dock.
'Those that will need to be quarantined will be quarantined. Those who will require medical help will receive it,' Pence said.
In the meantime, everyone on the ship remained holed up in their rooms as they await word about the fate of the ship.
President Donald Trump, speaking at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, said he would have preferred not to let the passengers disembark onto American soil but will defer to the recommendations of medical experts.
'I don´t need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn't our fault,' he said. 'And it wasn't the fault of the people on the ship either. Okay? It wasn't their fault either. And they are mostly Americans.'
The Grand Princess cruise ship passes the Golden Gate Bridge as it arrives from Hawaii in San Francisco. Twenty-one people on board have tested positive for the coronavirus
The Grand Princess is currently 400 miles off San Francisco and heading for port having returned from Hawaii after 11 passengers and 10 crew reported symptoms of coronavirus. Tests for 21 people on board, including 19 crew and two passengers, have tested positive
Meanwhile, two federal health screeners at Los Angeles International Airport have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to an email sent to their colleagues today and seen by Reuters.
The CDC employees were conducting secondary screenings of passengers arriving from overseas, including from China, and have been directed to self-quarantine until March 17, the email said.
'At this time, we cannot confirm where these two screeners were exposed,' said the email, which was sent by a senior CDC official. 'Let us keep our colleagues in our thoughts during this period.'
TRUMP CLAIMS 'ANYBODY WHO WANTS A TEST CAN GET A TEST' AS HE COMMITS $8.3 BILLION TO TACKLING CRISIS
President Donald Trump plunged coronavirus testing into chaos Friday when he announced that 'anybody who wants a test can get a test' during a rambling press conference Friday.
The president brushed off concerns about the limited number of coronavirus test kits during a visit to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta Friday.
He left officials scrambling to explain how such a commitment could happen after free-wheeling press availability where he publicly disagreed with his own government's approach to the cruise ship, referenced impeachment, asked about TV ratings, and called a Democratic government 'a snake.'
'The tests are beautiful,' Trump added after meeting with top U.S. scientists amid the coronavirus outbreak.
'Anybody who right now and yesterday, anybody that needs a test gets a test,' Trump said.
Meanwhile Maryland announced its first cases; Trump was there on Tuesday to visit the National Institutes of Health's Vaccine Research Center and get an update from Dr. Anthony Fauci
Trump praised his own administration's response amid concerns that the million test kits promised had yet to materialize.
'We've done a tremendous job at keeping it down,' he said.
And Trump shared his misgivings about providing on-shore medical treatment to passengers of a Princess cruise liner off the coast of San Francisco. He raised concerns it would spike the numbers of infected Americans.
'I like the numbers where they are. I don't need to have the numbers double because of one ship. That wasn't our fault,' Trump said.
The president during his trip to the CDC called Washington State Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee a 'snake.' He also appeared to criticize Pence's approach.
'Oh I told Mike not to be complimentary … that governor is a snake. I said if you're nice to him he will take advantage,' Trump said. 'We have a lot of problems with the governor, the governor of Washington,' he said, adding: 'Mike may be happy with him but I'm not.'
Inslee, who ran for president this year and is overseeing an outbreak in his state, had tweeted last week that he told Pence their work would be more successful if the administration 'stuck to the science and told the truth."
Trump submitted to a series of questions from reporters at the CDC, where his comments veered to his appearance Thursday night at a Fox News town hall. He brought up his appearance on 'a very fine network known as Fox News. How was the show last night? Did it get good ratings, by the way?' he asked.
Trump, who wore his signature red 'Make America Great' hat during the briefing about the response to the potential pandemic, swerved between the coronavirus issue and his political grievances.
He also invoked his own uncle, Dr. John Trump, in explaining his aptitude for dealing with the issue. 'I like this stuff. I really get it,' Trump said.
'The general risk to the American public remains low,' Pence told reporters in the White House briefing room.
'It is a good time for any American who is elderly … and has a serious underlying health condition to think carefully about travel,' he said.
BLOW FOR WORLD'S BIGGEST TECH FIRMS AS SILICON VALLEY SHUTS ITS DOORS AND SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FESTIVAL IS AXED
The world's tech giants have been dealt a major blow from the coronavirus crisis as Silicon Valley continues to shut its doors and South by Southwest Festival is cancelled.
On Friday, Apple became the latest Silicon Valley firm to advise its workers to stay away in coronavirus-hit California.
Apple advised all 12,000 employees at its Cupertino headquarters to work from home amid heightened coronavirus concerns as the death toll in the US continued to rise.
In a memo seen by DailyMail.com and issued to all staff at the Santa Clara Valley offices named Apple Park, employees were told that the precaution was being taken following recent guidance from public health officials.
Apple has advised all 12,000 employees at its Cupertino headquarters to work from home
Staff were advised that offices would remain open but that they were 'encouraging team members' to stay away despite only sending the email when many would already be traveling to work.
Apple joined Facebook and Microsoft in introducing new policies to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus this week.
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