San Francisco's monthly non-sexual cuddle party for March has been canceled after the city urges practicing 'social distancing' amid the coronavirus outbreak
As the coronavirus continues to spread, city officials are taking steps to contain the coronavirus disease, known as COVID-19.
Offices are closing temporarily and companies are asking employees to work from home in an attempt to contain the disease.
Source: Business Insider
And the city of San Francisco just banned non-essential group events held in city-owned facilities for two weeks as concerns of the coronavirus disease continue to rise.
The order went into effect on Saturday as the city attempts to contain the virus-spread disease, known as COVID-19, and will end on March 20.
A "non-essential group event" is defined as a gathering of 50 people for social, cultural, or entertainment events "where people are not separated by physical space of at least four feet," or about arm's length, according to NBC Bay Area.
The facilities affected by the order include City Hall, the San Francisco Public Library, the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, and Moscone Center, a venue in the city's SOMA district where many tech conferences are usually held. Symphony events and ballet performances are among the events being canceled, and the city's upcoming St. Patrick's Day Parade has been postponed
While events are being canceled, these venues are still allowed to remain open.
Source: NBC Bay Area
There are at least 554 confirmed cases in the US, with 21 reported deaths.
One of them was an elderly person in Sacramento, California. The person had just returned from a cruise aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship, where 21 passengers have since been tested for and confirmed to have been infected by the virus. The ship is set to dock in Oakland Monday.
The Grand Princess is not to be confused with the Diamond Princess, a cruise ship whose passengers were quarantined first onboard in Japan and then at the Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield on the outskirts of the Bay Area.
Source: Business Insider
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