Los Angeles County declares emergency after six new coronavirus cases

By Zach Halaschak

Published March 4, 2020 6:24pm ET

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Los Angeles County declares emergency after six new coronavirus cases — In this Feb. 6, 2020, photo released by the California Department of Public Health, is a demonstration of the equipment and procedures that will be used at the department's Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory lab in Richmond, Calif., to conduct tests for novel coronavirus. This is not an actual test of a novel coronavirus specimen. | (California Department of Public Health via AP)

Health officials in the Los Angeles area of California announced that six new cases of coronavirus have cropped up in a two-day time span and declared a local emergency.

Kathryn Barger, chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, said Tuesday that the declaration was not intended to scare people but rather to free up money that can be used to help stymie the outbreak.

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