The celebration came after the Californian city of Pasadena had already ordered the mandatory quarantine
Attendees of the birthday party were not wearing face masks.
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A birthday party became a focus of coronavirus infection for several people in Pasadena, California, according to local authorities.
At the celebration, which took place after the city will order mandatory confinement, there were a "large number" of family and friends, according to a statement from the city's Department of Public Health.
Person sick was at the party coughing and was not wearing a mask, according to the authorities. The rest of the attendees were also not wearing mouth and nose covers or maintaining social distance.
"I was joking around with people at the birthday party," said Lisa Derderian, a Pasadena spokeswoman, referring to the woman who was coughing. "He said he could have COVID-19. And, surprise !, I did have"He added. "It was selfish behavior that should have been avoided," Derderian told CNN.
Through contact tracing, researchers were able to confirm five coronavirus cases pointing to the party. They were all Pasadena residents. "But we believe that five or six other guests who lived outside of Pasadena they could have been infected because they showed symptoms"According to the spokeswoman. The mentioned assistants, she considers, "have to quarantine and carry out the tests at the end."
"This is an example of how a good contact tracking can identify groups of infected and tell us more about the spread of disease in our communitySaid Dr. Matthew Feaster, an epidemiologist from the local department.
In California there are about 168,000 coronavirus cases and about 2,700 deaths, according to Worldometers' estimates. The golden state was the first in the country to implement a state confinement order on March 19.
