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WASHINGTON (Agencies): A top US public health official said on Sunday signs of coronavirus spreading through US communities was “not encouraging” and warned that Americans may need to think carefully about attending large gatherings if it continues.

“I think we’re getting a better sense (of the scope of the outbreak) as the days go by,” Anthony Fauci, the head of the infectious diseases unit at the National Institutes of Health, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

“Unfortunately that better sense is not encouraging because we’re seeing community spread,” he said.

Also, a US cruise ship stranded by a coronavirus outbreak off the coast of San Francisco will dock in Oakland, the vessel’s owner said Saturday.

The Grand Princess cruise ship has recorded 21 COVID-19 infections on board – 19 crew and two American passengers – out of 45 people tested.

“Grand Princess will proceed to the Port of Oakland on Sunday to begin disembarking guests who require acute medical treatment and hospitalization,” the Princess Cruises tour company said.

“Guests who are California residents will go to a federally operated facility within California for testing and isolation, while non-Californians will be transported by the federal government to facilities in other states.”

The ship’s crew will be quarantined and treated aboard the ship, the company added.

“We will arrive sometime in the afternoon,” Carolyn Wright, an American passenger on the ship told AFP, citing a message from the captain.

“It will take several days to disembark.

“I’m really happy there’s finally a plan, I just wish we knew more as to what’s going to happen to us.”