Los Angeles County Declares Emergency Over Coronavirus

People wear surgical masks in fear of the coronavirus in Flushing, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens on Feb. 3, 2020. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images

A local and public state of emergency was declared in Los Angeles County, which is home to more than 10 million people, after several cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus were discovered in the county.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Los Angeles County Department of Health made the declaration on Wednesday morning.