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Timeline

On March 7, Virginia confirmed its first case, a US Marine assigned to Fort Belvoir. He had recently traveled abroad.[1] On March 8, the state reported its second presumptive positive case, an 80-year-old man from Fairfax who had recently returned from a cruise on the Nile River.[2]

On March 9, the state reported 3 more presumptive positive cases: a man in his mid 60s from Arlington County who had recently travelled internationally,[3] a woman from Fairfax City who is the spouse of the patient reported the day before, and a Spotsylvania County resident.[4] This brings the total number of cases in the state to 5. On March 10, health officials in Loudoun County announced that a county resident tested presumptive positive for coronavirus, bringing the state’s total to 8.[5]

On March 11, the University of Virginia in Charlottesville announced that classes will be moved online beginning on March 19 "for the forseeable future, quite possibly through the end of the semester" on May 17.[6][7] Furthermore, administrators issued a blanket prohibition on "events with more than 100 people," saying that such events "should be postponed, cancelled, or offered virtually," a policy similar that of the University of California, Los Angeles, which suspended on-campus classes on March 10.[8] The closure followed closely on the heels of the first confirmed case of coronavirus in Central Virginia in a teenager from Hanover County near Richmond who returned from international travel "to a country...[with] a Level 3 alert" on March 8. The teenager was reported to be "doing well" in isolation at home, and Hanover County Public Schools confirmed that the teenager is not a current student attending a public school in that county.[9]

On March 12, Governor Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency and cancelled out-of-state travel for public employees, after the state's total cases doubled since the last update. Several public school districts, including Loudoun County, Prince William County, and Stafford County suspended classes.[10]

References

  1. ^ "US Marine in Virginia tests positive for coronavirus". 2020-03-07. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  2. ^ "Virginia Department of Health Confirms Second "Presumptive Positive" Case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in State". Virginia Department of Health. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  3. ^ "Virginia Department of Health Confirms Third "Presumptive Positive" Case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in State". Virginia Department of Health. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  4. ^ "Virginia Department of Health Confirms Fourth and Fifth "Presumptive Positive" Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Fairfax and in Spotsylvania County, Virginia". Virginia Department of Health. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  5. ^ Report, Times-Mirror Staff. "Loudoun County resident tests 'presumptive positive' for coronavirus". LoudounTimes.com. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  6. ^ "University Will Move Classes Online". University of Virginia. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  7. ^ Smith, Ruth Severn (11 March 2020). "UVa moving online and canceling in-person classes 'for the forseeable future'". The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Va. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) information for the UCLA campus community". University of California, Los Angeles. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  9. ^ Leonor, Mel (11 March 2020). "Hanover teen with the coronavirus doing well and isolated at home, health department says". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  10. ^ "CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19)". Virginia Department of Health. Retrieved 2020-03-12.((cite web)): CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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