Los Angeles California.- Evelyn Alemán hopes that a medical test will confirm what her strong ailments have indicated to her for several days: that she has coronavirus. Some doctors warned him that if the analysis says otherwise it would be “A false negative”, like so many others diagnosed across the country.
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“I feel like the virus is attacking everything and trying to exhaust me. My throat and chest hurt every day, although I try everything, my body is weak, it hurts and trembles ”, describes Alemán, 49, who has kept the quarantine to the letter and has worked for some time since home to avoid getting it.
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It was too late. The virus was gradually sapping his health and he fears that it has spread to his relatives, who this Sunday will go to a Los Angeles hospital to be examined. Alemán told Univision Noticias that it was difficult for specialists to agree to verify that she had covid-19 and it was even useless to go to the emergency room explaining her first symptoms.
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“It is difficult to get tested. This shouldn’t be happening. We need people to be examined so that we know who are the asymptomatic people who are spreading the virus, “said Aleman, who works for an Los Angeles politician. “The doctors could only speculate on the phone without checking me and that meant that my family did not know they were exposed,” he lamented.
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During this weekend, the authorities reported that in this metropolis there were 5,277 confirmed cases, more than anywhere else on the country’s West Coast. And the bad news does not stop: in just 48 hours there were 1,000 new cases and then the highest number of deaths was recorded in a single day.
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In San Francisco Bay, one of the first areas affected by the outbreak, just over 3,400 infections are reported. For its part, in King County, Washington state, another red light source, there were 2,865 positives.
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So far, King County tops the list for deaths on this side of the US, 200. It is anticipated that it will be left behind if the trend continues in Los Angeles, where this Saturday they reported 117 deaths.
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Although the situation continues to worsen throughout California, adding more than 14,000 cases and 325 deaths, The second largest metropolis in the country has been impacted by a large number of deaths and new infections. They have not been able to flatten the curve even with strict sanitary measures.
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The mayor, Eric Garcetti, was the first ruler of this country to recommended to wear face masks, even those made at home, to prevent the spread of the virus in public places, and who asked to abide a voluntary quarantine anticipating a growing contingency.
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The municipality has tightened regulations as the outbreak expands. From closing parks, beaches and markets, to imposing fines on those who disobeyed the order to stay home and against “non-essential” businesses that resist pulling down their curtains. Only supermarkets, shops, pharmacies, gas stations, and restaurants offering takeout are allowed to operate.
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The angelina prosecution sued four businesses on Friday that violated said mandate and they continued to operate. These are two cigarette stores, an electronics business, and a shoe store. According to the accusation, when police officers asked him to close as soon as possible, the manager of an establishment launched this challenge: “We will not do it.”
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It is the first city to legally punish infringing entrepreneurs. “We want people to know that we take this seriously, that companies that blatantly violate (the municipality’s orders) will also be closed in the short term and will be prosecuted in the medium term,” Garcetti said.
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The highest number of deaths in a day
On Saturday, health authorities reported that there was 28 additional deaths Related to the coronavirus in Los Angeles County, the largest increase in deaths in a single day.
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About these victims, it was indicated that 17 were over 65 years old and 21 had other diseases.
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“This is the most dramatic increase in deaths we have seen since the covid-19 crisis began (in this region),” said Barbara Ferrer, director of the county’s Department of Public Health, in a statement, who lamented that the elderly are those who lose the most to the virus.
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For this reason, she asked neighbors and relatives to make sure that older adults are well at home. “Call and verify the situation of the elderly and, when possible, leave all the supplies you may need, from a safe social distance,” asked Ferrer.
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“The deaths of these two heroes are real and true reminders of the risk that these women and men face every day protecting the people of California,” Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement.
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Despite the blows that the coronavirus has dealt to Los Angeles, the capacity of local hospitals has not been exceeded. Just over 1,100 patients have required hospitalization. Authorities have not let their guard down and have already set up at least one abandoned hotel and medical center waiting for hundreds of people under quarantine.
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“It is like a pressure cooker”, said a nurse from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the newspaper reported. Los Angeles Times. “There is a lot of fear and little equipment,” he warned, referring to the tense calm that is breathed in local hospitals.
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A special tribute from our first responders to our frontline ER team at the Antelope Valley Hospital. We think all of our hospital team members across L.A. County are amazing! #WeAreAllInThisTogether ❤️ #Team work pic.twitter.com/mNXBpY5j2u
– LACoFD (@LACOFD) April 5, 2020
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To boost the morale of medical personnel in a Antelope Valley hospital, where there are 163 confirmed cases and is one of the most impacted areas in the county, several patrols, fire trucks and ambulances they lit their sirens at the entrance of the medical center.
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“Stay strong” wrote a small plane in the Los Angeles sky a few days ago. The image went viral on social networks and was retweeted by the police in this city. Few read it before it faded, because they were locked in their houses.
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