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Sunnyvale Man Who Died After Cruise Tests Negative For COVID-19
A man who had been on an infected cruise ship who died after police tried to revive him with CPR tested negative for the coronavirus.
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — A man who later died after seven Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety officers administered CPR in an attempt to revive him Thursday tested negative for the COVID-19 virus, officials said in a news release Friday.
Santa Clara County Public Health notified the department Friday of the negative test result.
The 72-year-old man had been on a cruise ship with two other passengers suspected of having the coronavirus and the officers were quarantined at home after the potential exposure.
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Public safety spokesman Capt. Craig Anderson said officers responded Thursday to a call involving a person having some sort of cardiac emergency.
The man was unconscious and not breathing. The officers gave him CPR but no mouth-to-mouth contact was made, Anderson said.
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"We are asking our community to remain calm and practice the preventative actions recommended by Santa Clara County Public Health and the CDC (Centers for Disease Control," the department said.
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