>> LOCAL 4 NEWS STARTS NOW WITH A BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
>> BEGINNING WITH THE BREAKING
NEWS ON THE CORONAVIRUS
OUTBREAK.
OUTBREAK. GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER
DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY
IN MICHIGAN AFTER THERE ARE NOW
TWO CONFIRMED CASES IN OUR
STATE.
STATE. >> ONE PATIENT IS FROM WAYNE
COUNTY, THE OTHER FROM OAKLAND
COUNTY.
COUNTY. ONE PATIENT TRAVELED
DOMESTICALLY AND THE OTHER
INTERNATIONALLY.
INTERNATIONALLY. >> ONE MAN AND ONE WOMEN BOTH IN
THE HOSPITAL, BOTH MIDDLE
AGESSED.
AGESSED. THE GOVERNOR MADE THE ANNOUNCED
FROM LANSING.
FROM LANSING. >> WE’RE TAKINGEST STEP WE CAN
TO MITIGATE THE VIRUS SPREAD AND
KEEP MICHIGANDERS SAFE.
I DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY
TO MAXIMIZE OUR EFFORTS AND
ASSIST LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO SLOW
THE SPREAD.
THE SPREAD. >> JOINING US NOW IS OUR MEDICAL
EXPERT FRANK McGEORGE.
WHAT DO YOU TAKE FROM THE PRESS
CONFERENCE TONIGHT?
CONFERENCE TONIGHT? >> REPORTER: I THINK IT IS
INTERESTING ONE OF THE PATIENTS
WAS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL THAT
SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE BECAUSE OF
THE RATE IT IS SPREADING
GLOBALLY.
GLOBALLY. THE OTHER ONE IS A DOMESTIC
TRAVEL CASE, BECAUSE THE CASES
IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN
GROWING.
GROWING. DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THE
INDIVIDUAL WAS OR EITHER OF THE
INDIVIDUALS WERE WAS IN OUR
COMMUNITY SYSTEMIC THERE WOULD
BE A RISK OF THEM SPREADING IT
LOCALLY.
LOCALLY. HEALTH OFFICIALS WILL BE ALL
OVER LOOKING AT THEIR CONTRACT
TRACING, ANYONE THEY COULD BE IN
CONTACT WITH AND THAT IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WILL
DEVELOP IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS IS
IDENTIFYING WHO MIGHT BE AT RISK
BASED ON THOSE EXPOSURES.
>> THERE ARE NOW JUST 13 STATES
THAT DON’T HAVE CORONAVIRUS
CASES.
CASES. NOT A SURPRISE, WE KNEW THIS DAY
WAS COMING.
WAS COMING. WHAT DOES IT MOON P TO MEAN TO C
EMERGENCY FOR THE STATE?
>> THE GOVERNOR ACTIVATED THE
EMERGENCY CENTER, THE FACT SHE
ACTIVATED EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS
GIVES HER CERTAIN POWERS, IF YOU
WILL, TO INSTITUTE LET’S SAY
QUARANTINES WAS NECESSARY OR
SOOL SHUT DOWNS NECESSARY, THAT
WILL BE DETERMINED IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS DEPENDING ON HOW
IT PROGRESSES.
IT PROGRESSES. FOR EXAMPLE, IT IS CONCEIVABLE
IF ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WAS
SOMEBODY WAS EXPOSED AT A LARGE
LEVEL TO A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS FOR
EXAMPLE.
EXAMPLE. THAT UNIVERSITY CAMPUS MAY HAVE
A HIGHER RISK OF EXPOSURE AND
THEY MAY HAVE TO CHANGE
PROTOCOLS.
PROTOCOLS. IT ALLOWS HER HER FLEX ABLE FLEX
TERMS OF TASK FORCE, STRENGTH,
AND RESOURCES AS WELL.
>> WE WILL HAVE MORE FROM YOU
COMING ON LOCAL 4 NEWS A.
>> THERE ARE TWO CONFIRMED CASES
IN MICHIGAN, OAKLAND COUNTY, ONE
IN WAYNE COUNTY.
>> ONE OF THE PATIENTS IS A
MIDDLE AGED WOMAN AND THE OTHER
A MIDDLE-AGED MAN.
ONE OF THE CASESES IS FROM
DOMESTIC TRAVEL, THE OTHER FROM
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. WE WILL CONTINUE FOLLOWING
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