Anonymous Coward User ID: 73838626 United States 02/10/2020 08:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Unknown number of Texans are in 14-day 'self quarantine' after recently returning to the US from trips to China amid coronavirus outbreak [ link to www.dailymail.co.uk (secure)] A number of Texans have been put in 'self quarantine' in their homes in case they have the coronavirus after recently returning from China. Officials in the city of San Antonio confirmed that an unspecified number of people in Bexar County were being confined to their homes for 14 days. Their quarantine period began at 10am Sunday, News 4 San Antonio reported. It follows 91 US citizens already in quarantine at Lackland Air Force Base in the county since they flew back from China last week. Dawn Emerick, the Metro Health Director said those in quarantine at home had not shown any symptoms yet. But the virus has an incubation period of around two weeks during which time victims can be carrying it but showing no outward symptoms. |