FAIRFIELD
FAIRFIELD IN THE BAY AREA. TEMPERATURES TOMORROW IN THE MID-70s FOR THE VALLEY, LOW 70s
IN THE FOOTHILLS, 53 IN THE
SIERRA, 67 IN THE BAY AREA.
>>> NEW TONIGHT IN THE
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, SPREADING
FACTS NOT FEAR.
THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 100
CONFIRMED CASES OF THE VIRUS
ACROSS 13 STATES.
AT LEAST 43 CASES HAVE BEEN
CONFIRMED IN CALIFORNIA ALONE.
PLASTER COUNTY REPORTED ITS
FIRST CASE TODAY.
A HEALTHCARE WORKER FROM NORTH
BAY VAC VALLEY HOSPITAL IN
VACAVILLE TESTED POSITIVE.
TODAY, MORE EVACUEES WERE
RELEASED FROM TRAVIS AIR FORCE
BASE.
GOVERNOR NEWSON SAYS MARK
CORONAVIRUS TESTING KITS
ARRIVED IN CALIFORNIA OVER THE
WEEKEND.
THE GOVERNOR WAS ASKED ABOUT
THE VIRUS SPREADING DURING THE
PRESS TO HER FOR PROP 13 THIS
MORNING.
THE GOVERNOR SAID THE STATE HAS
ACTIVATED ITS OPERATIONS CENTER
AND STRESSES THEY ARE TAKING
THIS OUTBREAK DAY BY DAY.
>> WILL MONITOR THE SITUATION.
WE WILL MAKE DETERMINATIONS IN
REAL TIME.
WE DID HAVE THREE NEW CASES
LAST NIGHT, WE ARE UP TO 43.
AND AS WE TEST, IT IS
INEVITABLE, MORE PEOPLE WILL
TEST POSITIVE.
BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF US MAY
ACTUALLY BE EXPOSED TO THE
NOVEL CORONAVIRUS AND NOT EVEN
FEEL SYMPTOMS, THEY MAY RECOVER
ON THEIR OWN AND DO REMARKABLY
WELL.
THE SMALLEST PERCENTAGE WILL
HAVE THE KIND OF SYMPTOMS THAT
MAY REQUIRE THEM TO SPEND TIME
AT HOME AND ISOLATE, OTHERS MAY
END UP IN THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM
AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE READY IF THERE IS A BIG
SURGE IN THE NEXT DAYS, WEEKS,
AND MONTHS.
>>> TONIGHT IN WASHINGTON
STATE, SIX DEATHS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED AND NOW ALL EYES ARE
FOCUSED ON THIS NURSING HOME
FACILITY JUST OUTSIDE OF
SEATTLE WHERE MORE AND MORE
RESIDENTS ARE SHOWING
RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS.
THE COUNTY DECLARED AN
EMERGENCY TO HELP DEAL WITH
THIS OUTBREAK.
MEANWHILE IN TEXAS, 122 PEOPLE
FROM THAT CRUISE SHIP IN JAPAN
ARE STUCK IN QUARANTINE.
INCLUDING A GRANITE BAY COUPLE.
TEXAS DECLARED A STATE OF
EMERGENCY AND REMOVED TO BLOCK
THE EVACUEES FROM ENTERING
THEIR CITIES TO GET HOME.
ABC 10'S KEVIN JOHN SPOKE WITH
THE LOCAL COUPLE TONIGHT.
>> WALKING THE PERIMETER A
COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES OF
DAY.
THEY DELIVER THREE MEALS A DAY
TO OUR ROOM.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME EATING
AND IT SEEMS LIKE WATCHING TV.
>> Reporter: THAT IS HOW OTIS
AND CAROLYN ASKO OF GRATE BAY
ARE SPENDING THEIR DAYS
QUARANTINED AT LACKLAND AIR
FORCE BASE IN TEXAS.
THE DESK IS JUST WRAPPED UP A
14 DAY CRUISE ON DIAMOND
PRINCESS BETWEEN JAPAN, HONG
KONG, VIETNAM, AND OTHER STOPS
WHEN THEY FOUND OUT SOMEONE ON
THEIR SHIP FELL ILL WITH
CORONAVIRUS.
THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY
QUARANTINED ON THE SHIP FOR 12
DAYS IN TOKYO BEFORE BEING
FLOWN TO TEXAS.
AFTER BEING HELD FOR 14 DAYS AT
THE BASE, THE PENASCO'S WERE
INSPECTING TO COME HOME TO
CALIFORNIA TODAY.
HOWEVER THE MAYOR OF SAN
ANTONIO FILED AN EMERGENCY
ORDER TO PREVENT ANYONE
QUARANTINED FROM LEAVING THE
BASE.
>> MY WIFE AND I HAVE HAD THE
TEST TWICE.
WE HAVE BEEN NEGATIVE, OUR
TEMPERATURE HAS NEVER BEEN
HIGH, SO WE HAVE 26 DAYS OF
QUARANTINE AND WE ARE STILL NOT
ALLOWED TO GO HOME.
>> HOW ARE YOU GUYS HOLDING UP?
WELL, WE WERE TAKING IT ONE DAY
AT A TIME, TRYING TO JUST STAY
UPBEAT.
>> Reporter: NOT KNOWING
EXACTLY WHEN THEY WILL BE
RELEASED, OTIS TRIES TO REMAIN
POSITIVE.
>> AND JUST HAVE THE MOST FUN
YOU CAN WITH THE TIME YOU'VE
GOT LEFT BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOSE
SEVEN WEEKS OUT OF YOUR LIFE
LIKE WE HAVE, IT'S GONE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO CATCHING
UP TO IT, SO DON'T WASTE IT.
FROM NOW ON.
>>> IT HAS BEEN 26 DAYS SINCE
THE CRUISE WAS SUPPOSED TO AND
FOR THEM.
STILL, OTIS AND CAROL HAVE NOT
RETURNED HOME.
>>> 143 PEOPLE QUARANTINED FOR
TWO WEEKS AT TRAVIS AIR FORCE
BASE GOT TO LEAVE THE BASE
TODAY, BUT NOW SOME EVACUEES
HAVE TO RESTART THEIR
QUARANTINE.
ABC 10'S AMY GOMEZ EXPLAINS.
>> HALF A DOZEN OR SO WHO HAD ,
WHO WERE FOR EXAMPLE ROOMMATES
WITH PEOPLE WHO THEN BECAME A
CASE.
OF CORONAVIRUS.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT SOLANO
COUNTY'S HEALTH OFFICER TOLD US
SOME EVACUEES RECEIVED SOME BAD
NEWS DUE TO THEIR PROXIMITY TO
THOSE WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR
CORONAVIRUS AT TRAVIS AIR FORCE
BASE, THEY WILL HAVE TO RESTART
A 14 DAY QUARANTINE BEFORE THEY
CAN LEAVE.
HERE AT THE BASE TONIGHT, THE
DOCTOR SAYS TWO DOZEN PEOPLE
WHO WERE BROUGHT HERE HAD TO BE
HOSPITALIZED FOR THE VIRUS.
ONE WE HEARD FROM LAST WEEK IS
NOW AT A HOSPITAL IN UTAH AFTER
HE BRIEFLY STAYED AT THE
HOSPITAL IN FAIRFIELD AND
FOLSOM.
HE AND OTHERS WILL CONTINUE TO
BE TESTED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE
NOT INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS AND
HELP PREVENT FUTURE SPREAD.
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE IS IN
SOLANO COUNTY WERE AT LEAST 100
HEALTHCARE WORKERS ARE BEING
ASKED TO ISOLATE THEMSELVES
AFTER BEING