'We simply cannot have a screw-up like this from our federal partners,' San Antonio mayor Ron Nirenberg said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a woman from quarantine in Texas who tested positive for the new coronavirus, San Antonio officials said Monday.
After the woman was released, she visited North Star Mall, where assistant director of communicable diseases at San Antonio Health Dr. Anita Kurian said she browsed stores and ate at the food court. The woman was among the 91 Americans evacuated from Wuhan and placed in federal, 14-day quarantine at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The woman tested negative twice for the new"Unfortunately after the person's release, the CDC received the results of another test that showed a weakly positive confirmation of the virus that causes COVID-19," Nirenberg said at a news briefing Monday.
"We simply cannot have a screw-up like this from our federal partners," Nirenberg said. "While the CDC is encouraging everyone to wash their hands and prevent the spread of the virus, as we would during the season, I would encourage the federal administration to not wash its hands of the responsibility to protect the public."
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