WE WILL TALK ABOUT HIGHER TEMPERATURES THIS WEEK COMING
UP.
UP. >>> ANDREW, THANKS.
THIS JUST IN.
HEALTH OFFICIALS IN CANADA
CONFIRMING THREE CASES OF THE
CORONAVIRUS IN CANADA BRAKING
THE TOTAL NUMBER THERE TO 11.
>> ONE OF THE NEW PATIENTS IS
34-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO ARRIVED IN
TORONTO ON FEBRUARY 26th AFTER
TRAVELING TO IRAN.
OFFICIALS SAY THE PATIENT TOOK
HERSELF TO A HEALTH CENTER BUT
WAS NOT ADMITTED.
>> THE INDIVIDUAL IS CURRENTLY
IN SELF ISOLATION RECOVERING AT
HOME AS A RESULT OF COORDINATED
AND COLLECTED EFFORTS OF THE
HEALTHCARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
SYSTEM THE INDIVIDUAL WAS
QUICKLY RECOGNIZED, ASSESSED AND
ISOLATED.
ISOLATED. >> OFFICIALS SAY THE TWO OTHER
PATIENTS INCLUDE A 51-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN AND HER 69-YEAR-OLD
HUSBAND.
HUSBAND. BOTH PATIENTS RETURN TO TORONTO
FROM IRAN ON FEBRUARY 22nd AND
ALSO AT HOME UNDER
SELF-ISOLATION.
SELF-ISOLATION. CANADIAN HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY
THERE’S NO LOCAL SPREAD OF THE
VIRUS BUT ENCOURAGED THE PUBLIC
TO STAY INFORMED.
IRAN RAISES THE DEATH TOLL FROM
THE NEW CORONAVIRUS TO 54 AS
NUMBER OF DAYS JUMPS OVERNIGHT
TO 978 PEOPLE.
>> THE UNITED STATES IS NOW
BANNING ALL TRAVEL TO IRAN AND
BARRING ENTRY TO ANY FOREIGN
CITIZEN VISITED IRAN IN THE PAST
14 DAYS.
14 DAYS. THERE WILL ALSO BE DESCRIBINGS
OF TRAVELERS COMING FROM ITALY
AND ANOTHER HARD HIT AREA, SOUTH
KOREA.
KOREA. SOUTH KOREA HAS THE LARGEST
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK OUTSIDE OF
CHINA, REPORTED 57 PEOPLE
IMPACTED.
IMPACTED. >>> ITALY 1100 CONFIRMED CASES
AND 29 DEATHS.
MEANTIME THE FIRST PERSON IN THE
U.S. DIED FROM THE VIRUS ON
SATURDAY.
SATURDAY. MAN FROM WASHINGTON STATE IN HIS
50s AND NEW FINDINGS BASED ON
ANALYSIS OF TWO INFECTIONS
SUGGEST THAT THE CORONAVIRUS MAY
HAVE BEEN IN THE STATE FOR WEEKS
AND THAT HUNDREDS MAY ALREADY BE
INFECTED.
INFECTED. >> AS WHITE HOUSE DETAILS NEW
MEASURES TO PREVENT THE SPREAD
OF CORONAVIRUS WE NOW HAVE THE
FIRST CONFIRMED DEATH IN THE
U.S. FROM THE DISEASE.
>> UNFORTUNATELY ONE PERSON
PASSED AWAY OVERNIGHT.
>> WASHINGTON STATE HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAY A MAN DIED WHILE
BEING TREATED IN A SEATTLE AREA
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. >> THE PERSON WHO DIED WAS A
PATIENT AT EVERGREEN HOSPITAL
WHO HAD UNDERLYING HEALTH
CONDITIONS.
CONDITIONS. IT WAS A MALE IN HIS 50s.
>> WASHINGTON GOVERNOR JAY INSLY
DECLARING STATE OF EMERGENCY
AFTER FOUR PEOPLE TESTED
POSITIVE IN THE STATE.
IT WILL ALLOW PUBLIC OFFICIALS
TO RESPOND MORE QUICKLY TO NEW
CASES.
CASES. VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
LEADING THE WHITE HOUSE
CORONAVIRUS EFFORT SAYS NEW
CASES ARE LIKELY.
>> BUT THE THREAT TO AMERICANS
OF CORONAVIRUS REMAINS LOVE.
>> THE U.S. IS INSTITUTING NEW
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON
FOREIGNERS WHO HAVE RECENT LOW
BEEN TO IRAN AND DISCOURAGING
AMERICANS TRAVELING TO HARD HIT
AREAS OF ITALY AND SOUTH KOREA.
>> WE WANT TO LOWER THE AMOUNT
OF TRAVEL TO AND FROM THE MOST
IMPACTED AREAS.
IMPACTED AREAS. >> DOCTORS SAY MOST PEOPLE WHO
GET CORONAVIRUS WILL RECOVER BUT
PEOPLE WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH
CONDITIONS AS WELL AS YOUNG
CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY ARE AT
HIGHER RISK FROM DYING FROM IT.
THEIR ADVICE WASH YOUR HANDS
FREQUENTLY AND STAY AWAY FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK.
>> IF YOU ARE HEALTHY, YOU WILL
PROBABLY GO THROUGH A PROCESS
AND YOU WILL BE FINE.
>> THE PRESIDENT WILL MEET WITH
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ARE
MAJOR DRUG COMPANIES MONDAY TO
TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE. SOMETHING PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS HAVE SAID COULD TAKE
MORE THAN A YEAR TO BE MADE
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. >>> LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN MICHIGAN.
STATE OF MICHIGAN COMPLETED THE
FIRST TEST FOR THE CORONAVIRUS.
>> THE RESULTS HAVE COME BACK
NEGATIVE.
NEGATIVE. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TESTED
A PERSON IN OAKLAND DON’T ON
SATURDAY.
SATURDAY. THEY SUSPECTED CORONAVIRUS
BECAUSE OF THE PATIENT’S
SYMPTOMS.
SYMPTOMS. HOWEVER, THAT PERSON DOES NOT
HAVE IT.
HAVE IT. AS OF THURSDAY THE STATE WAS
ABLE TO BEGIN TESTING FOR THE
VIRUS INSTEAD OF SENDING IT TO
THE CDC.
THE CDC. IN STATE TESTING HELPS SPEED UP