LIVING 808 BREAKING NEWS
HAPPENING NOW GOOD EVENING, AND
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NOW
CONFIRMING A SECOND PRESUMPTIVE
CASE OF THE CORONA VIRUS IN THE
STATE.
I'M SAM SPANGLER, AND I'M LAURIN
DAY.
THIS COMES AFTER THE FIRST CASE
OF COVE IN 19 IN THE STATE WAS
CONFIRMED BY THE HEALTH HEALTH
DEPARTMENT ON FRIDAY.
SORRY MADISON WAS AT THE PRESS
CONFERENCE.
SHE'S JOINING US NOW LIVE WITH
ALL THE DETAILS SARAH.
THAT'S RIGHT, SAM AND LAURA NOW
THE PRESS CONFERENCE JUST ENDED
MOMENTS AGO.
AND SO WE HAVE SOME NEW
SHARE WITH YOU AS THIS IS STILL
UNDER INVESTIGATION, AND IT'S
ALSO STILL DEVELOPING NOW.
AN ELDERLY MAN FROM OAHU AND
THEY SAID OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE
GOOD NEWS IS THEY DON'T BELIEVE
THAT HE GOT THE VIRUS HERE IN
HERE IN HAWAII BUT IN WASHINGTON
NOW, HE WAS ON A PLANE BACK TO
HAWAII AND BEFORE HE GOT HIM
THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY SICK.
NOW.
WE ASK WHAT PLANE AND WHAT
FLIGHT HE WAS ON AND IF
PASSENGERS WILL BE NOTIFIED AND
THAT IS ACTUALLY ALL GOING TO BE
UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE CDC.
SO WE ARE WAITING FOR
INFORMATION ON THAT.
BUT THIS IS THE GOVERNOR WHO
GAVE US A QUICK TIMELINE OF WHAT
HAPPENED AFTER HE LANDED HERE ON
OAHU.
WE HAVE HAD OUR SECOND POSITIVE
PRESUMPTIVE CASE OF COVET 19
HERE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII AND
ELDERLY RESIDENT OF OAHU.
TRAVEL TO THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON.
MARCH SECOND.
4TH AND WENT IMMEDIATELY TO AN
URGENT CARE FACILITY BECAUSE HE
WASN'T FEELING WELL.
HE CHECKED INTO A HOSPITAL ON
MARCH 7TH WHERE A SAMPLE WAS
TAKEN BECAUSE OF HIS TRAVEL
HISTORY TO THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON.
AND WE CONFIRMED THE POSITIVE
FOR COVA DA 19 THIS MORNING.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CDC
AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO GET MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE AS
YOU ALL KNOW, WE DEFINITELY WILL
BE WORKING THROUGH HIS SPECIFIC
TRAVELS AND CONTACTS THAT HE MAY
HAVE HAD WE WILL BE IDENTIFYING
WHO THEY ARE AND REACHING OUT TO
INFORM THEM THAT THEY HAVE.
I HAD CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO
IS POSITIVE OR PRESUMPTIVE
POSITIVE FOR COVET 19 AND THEN
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
WOULD BE WORKING TO THAT
CONTINUING INVESTIGATION AND AND
ENSURING THAT WE CONTACT ALL OF
THOSE WHO MAY HAVE HAD ANY
EXPOSURE.
NOW WE KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR
SAID THAT WE KNOW THAT HE ALSO
WENT TO URGENT CARE IMMEDIATELY
WHEN HE THE DAY HE LANDED HERE
IN HAWAII NOW, IT'S STILL
UNCLEAR AND ALSO STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION WHY HE DIDN'T GET
TESTED THEN BUT AFTER THAT ON
THE SEVENTH HE WENT TO THE
HOSPITAL.
HOW DID HE GO TO THE HOSPITAL
THE EMS OFFICIALS KNEW WHAT KIND
OF KALI WERE RESPONDING TO AND
THAT'S ALSO BEING INVESTIGATED,
BUT IF THEY ARE POINTS WILL CALL
THAT DEALS WITH ANY RESPIRATORY
CONCERNS.
THERE ARE PROTOCOLS THAT THE
FIRST RESPONDERS DO HAVE TO
ABIDE BY AND SO THEY'RE HOPING
THAT HAPPENED THAT THAT'S ALSO
GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO FURTHER LOOK
INTO.
SO WHEN WE ASKED IF THERE WAS
ANYONE QUARANTINED THE
INDIVIDUALS OFFICIALS AT URGENT
CARE EMS IN THE AMBULANCE WHO
TOOK THIS INDIVIDUAL TO THE
HOSPITAL THAT IS STILL ALL UNDER
INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW.
THEY KNOW THAT THIS PERSON HAS
BEEN TESTED POSITIVE AND THEY
GOT THAT WAY.
TODAY NOW ALSO TODAY WE REACHED
OUT TO THE HAWAII COUNTY MAYOR
HARRY KIM AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE
CASES OF CONFIRMED.
KOVIN 19 WITH PASSENGERS AND
CREW MEMBERS ONBOARD THE GRAND
PRINCESS THAT WAS HERE LAST WEEK
AND THEIR LAST STOP HERE IN THIS
STATE WAS IN HILO ON FEBRUARY
29TH.
SO WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO MAYOR
HARRY KIM ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE
BEEN DOING AND HERE'S WHAT WHAT
HE HAD TO SAY.
PARK STAFF IN SUITS DISINFECTED
COMMON AREAS AND BATHROOMS
NORMALLY VISITED BY CRUISE SHIP
PASSENGERS.
ACCORDING TO MAYOR HARRY KIM'S
FACEBOOK PAGE THIS INCLUDED
RICHARDSON BEACH PARK TO MOHEL
PARK AND BEEP HANNAH EVA'S.
OOH, FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE TRYING
TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM IN
RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS FOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF THE VIRUS
HERE.
WE IMMEDIATELY TOOK ALL
PRECAUTIONS JUST TO BE SAFE.
BECAUSE TH YOU KNOW SHOWED THE
VISITORS TRAVELING TO VARIOUS
PLACES AND OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE
BEACHES OVER ONE OF THEM AND WE
ASKED WHERE THOSE OTHER PLACES
WERE, BUT THE MAYOR DID NOT GO
INTO DETAIL.
HE TELLS US THEIR COMMON PLACES
LIKE IN DOWNTOWN HILO AT THAT
TIME.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE NAMES OF
PEOPLE.
SO WE JUST TOOK LIKE TO KNOW
WHERE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN AND BY
WHOM AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE
ATTENDED AT THAT.
WE STILL FOLLOWING UP WITH
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SARAH