California city protests against coronavirus infection there

A lawsuit from the city of Costa Mesa is being considered in California federal court. In this way, they are trying to block the transportation of coronavirus patients to the city. This is stated in the Voice of America video.

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The person who is standing with the banner in front of the court says that the building they want to put patients in does not meet any standards.

“This building was once used to treat mental disorders; no other illnesses were treated here. Several years ago, this facility was deemed unsuitable even for homeless housing, so I don’t think this is a place for infected people,” says Costa Mesa resident Chris Lipsey.

The police are not letting anyone inside the Fairview Development Center; this building is owned by the government. Since 1959, it functioned as a psycho-neurological dispensary. However, since 2015 is in the process of closing.

The homes of one of the residential areas of the Costa Mesa are located a few tens of meters from the center of Fairview. Local residents do not understand how they can bring infected people to their densely populated area.

“I think this is a terrible decision. There are other options that can be found,” said Costa Messa resident Grace Mayer.

“There are a lot of residents here, many families, children. There is a school nearby, the authorities must find a better option,” says Gerli, a resident of the city of Milan.

“My mother worked in that center, people with mental disorders lived there, and I’m not sure that this place is equipped to fight coronavirus,” says Adam Kniapek.

In total, more than 100 people live in the city of Costa Mesa, which is located in the suburbs of Los Angeles.

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Costa Mayor Mayor Katrina Foley said that the court was postponed for another week, at the beginning of March, therefore, until the transportation of coronavirus-infected people to the city will take place.

“Why are we being treated differently, why does Costa Mesa not have the protection, the law, that is provided for such emergencies. “I assure you that we will continue to block this terrible decision - when they want to place people infected with coronavirus in the second most densely populated city in California,” Foley said.

The mayor said that this decision may be political, because in other states there are better adapted medical facilities.

Residents of the Costa Mass, who were at the court hearing, assured that they would protest.

“They won’t do this, there are 3 million people in our region, we will stand up for our rights and we will fight,” says Jennifer Sterling.

Now, Americans infected with coronavirus, who were previously evacuated from the city of Wuhan and the cruise ship, are in quarantine at the Travis military base, which is located in northern California.

The US federal government states that patients should be immediately separated from healthy patients and placed separately under special medical supervision. If it weren’t for the court, they would already have to be in the center of the Fairview in the Costa Mass.

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