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Escambia County COVID-19 Patient Traveled To France
March 19, 2020
We are learning more about the travel histories of the two people from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties confirmed to have COVID-19.
On Monday, the Florida Department of Health announced Escambia County’s first case. New information shows he was a 53-year old man that had visited France.
A Santa Rosa County patient died last week while being treated at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola. He was a 71-year old man with underlying medical conditions that had traveled to Egypt and Israel.
Navy Federal Credit Union reported Tuesday evening that an employee that last worked March 14 on the Pensacola campus had tested presumptively positive for COVID-19. Health officials say he had no relation to the other Escambia County, and they are working to confirm his presumptive diagnosis.
Four other Florida Panhandle cases have been reported in Okaloosa County. The latest was a 24-year old woman that traveled to Colorado. Other Okaloosa County cases are a 66-year old female that traveled to Japan, a 78-year old female that had traveled to Italy and a 61-year old female with a travel history that included Florida, California and Mexico.
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4 Responses to “Escambia County COVID-19 Patient Traveled To France”
I agree that people who have travelled to those affected countries should be tested and take responsible care not to pass anything on unknowingly. The one thing that concerns me, and I have not seen it addressed, is the flea markets. These are places where 100s of people ever weekend gather to shop. They are crowded and even the vendors are closer than 6 feet in proximity to each other. The shoppers travel down aisles, brushing against each other, all in direct opposition to the “no more tha 10 to a group” recommendation. Containment of this Coronavirus cannot happen while venues such as these continue.
If they didn’t travel by boat I suggest they likely picked it up by breathing same air that an infected person on their flights???
lol, wish that if these people want to travel and see the world, go ahead but don’t come back with diseases. stay over there or where ever they are getting this stuff.
They need to shut down the airport. I work at a hotel right next to it and I’m sure I’ve come into contact with a few people who’ve had it. I share and own a house with my father and I’m gravely worried about him getting it from me.