Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia link more cases of COVID-19 to travel to Myrtle Beach area

By Adalberto Lostroh 3 years ago

MYRTLE Seashore, SC (WBTW) – A suburban county just north of Philadelphia has noted about 50 instances of the coronavirus linked to vacation out of condition, quite a few to Myrtle Seashore.

Bucks County recorded 103 new COVID-19 bacterial infections in excess of the past 4 times, in accordance to the county’s net internet site. Of people instances, pretty much 50 percent of the new instances associated folks who turned infected when traveling out of condition, quite a few to Myrtle Seashore, in accordance to the county.

“Over the past 4 times, 50 of our 103 new instances were infected all through out-of-condition vacation, quite a few from Myrtle Seashore, S.C.,” reported Wellness Office Director Dr. David Damsker. “Think two times ahead of you depart for any place of the state that is at present encountering a significant prevalence of COVID-19.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf recommended past 7 days that people who vacation to a single of these states self-quarantine at residence for two weeks on their return: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah.

Here’s the place you will have to quarantine if you are traveling to or from South Carolina

The governor of New Jersey also reported on Sunday the condition is beginning to see “small spikes” in COVID-19 infection from folks returning from excursions to sites this sort of as South Carolina and Florida.

Gov. Phil Murphy reported the “most the latest and most prevalent” example was a marriage in Myrtle Seashore from which New Jersey people returned with the virus, but “we’ve got other instances that we’re managing down.” Murphy reported he thinks a national approach is required to manage the virus, and mask-donning has to be at the core of it. He reported “if you are leaving your household, set on a mask. I assume it ought to be … a national necessity.”

Also on Sunday, a different county in West Virginia noticed its initially confirmed COVID-19 scenario and noted it was linked to a human being who had traveled to Myrtle Seashore. The Webster County Wellness Office personnel reported the scenario was connected to a optimistic scenario in a nearby county that had traveled to the place. 

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