BRING
BRING YOU
BRING YOU THE LATEST NEWS FROM4@ THE MAINE C-D-C REGARD4@ING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
THERE HAVE BEEN 3 PRESUM
GOOD
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, WE ARE INTERRUPTING REGULAR PROGRAMMING RIGHT NOW TO BRING
YOU THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE
MAINE CDC REGARDING THE SPREAD @
OF THE CORONAVIRUS.4@
THERE HAVE BEEN 3 PRESUMPTIVE
POSITIVE CASES HERE IN MAINE
SINCE YESTERDAY.
WILL CHECK IN RIGHT NOW ON THE
UPDATE FROM AUGUSTINE.
>> WE ARE AWARE TH4@IS INDIVIDU
HAS TRAVELED, SHE, AND WHAT
CONTACTS SHE HAS HAD SINCE
RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES.@
I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST NOTE THAT
THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN 4@A 4@
MODEL CITIZEN AND WE COMMEND
HER FOR HER COOPERATION
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.4@
THE INDIVIDUAL RECENTLY
RETURNED FROM TRAVEL TO ITALY,
AND IMMEDIATELY UPON REE4@NTERI
THE UNITED STATES, AS SOON AS
THE INDIVIDUAL BEGAN FEELING
SYMPTOMS, INSURED4@ SHE STAYED
INDOORS.
WE DISCUSSED 4@WITH HER4@ THE
CONTACTS SHE HAD, FORTUNATELY
THE CONTACTS WERE MINIMAL.4@
THE MAINE CDC REACH OUT TO ALL
OF THEM TO DISCUSS4@ 4@WHAT LE
AND PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES THEY
NEED TO TAKE IF ANY.4@
THE INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DO
WELL, SHE HAS NOT BEEN
HOSPITALIZED, WE REMAIN IN
CONTACT WITH HER, AND ONE OF
OUR TOP PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW IS
TO WORK WITH 4@HER TO ENSURE HE
A 4@SPEEDY RECOVERY.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PROVIDE AN
UPDATE ON ONE OF THE 2 CASES
THAT WE RELEASED AND DISCUSSED
OF THIS MORNING.4@
THE MAINE CDC IS ABLE TO NOW
CONFIRM 4@OR ANNOUNCE4@ A SECO
PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE CASE OF
COVID-19 IN THE STATE OF MAINE.
THIS IS A MALE IN HIS 50s 4@WHO
IS A RESIDENT OF CUMBERLAND
COUNTY.
AS WITH WHERE WE WERE 4@24 HOUR
AGO, 4@OUR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL
INVESTIGATION IS ALREADY
UNDERWAY.4@
WHEN MORE INFORMATION BECOMES
KNOWN4@ THROUGH THE COURSE OF T
INVESTIGATION, WE WILL UPDATE
EVERYONE IMMEDIATELY.
4@
I
I WOULD
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PROVIDE CLARITY, FIRST TO 4@GO OVER THE TERMINOLOGY BEHIND PRESUMPTIVE
POSITIVE.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE UNITED 4@
STATES CENTER FOR DISEASE
CONTROL REQUIRES ALL TESTS THAT
ARE DONE THAT ARE RETURNED AS
POSITIVE AT THE STATE LEVEL TO
BE SENT TO ATLANTA FOR
CONFIRMATION. 4@
THAT IS WHY WE ARE REPORTING
THE SECOND CASE AS WELL AS
YESTERDAY'S CASE AS 4@
PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE.
WHEN THE U.S. CDC LABORATORY IN
ATLANTA CONFIRMS THOSE,4@ WE WI
THEN CHANGE OUR REPORTING AND
REPORT THOSE AS POSITIVE 4@
CONFIRMED CASES. 4@
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PROVIDE A
LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON TESTING
OVERALL.
TESTING IS DONE AT THE
DIRECTION OF THE PHYSICIAN IN
THE STATE OF MAINE.
THE MAINE CDC DOESN'T STAND IN
BETWEEN A PHYSICIAN , HIS OR
HER 4@CLINICAL JUDGMENT, AND
THEIR PATIENT.
IF A PHYSICIAN DETERMINES AN
INDIVIDUAL PATIENT WARRANTS OR
REQUIRES TESTING, THE PHYSICIAN
IS URGED TO FILL OUT THE FORMS
FOR MAINE CDCS LABORATORY WHICH
CONTAINED DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO @
TAKE THE SAMPLE AND HOW TO SEND
IT TO US FOR TESTING.4@
WE ASK ANYONE WHO HAS SYMPTOMS,
WHO ISN'T FEELING WELL, AND
BELIEVES4@ THEY MAY HAVE
CORONAVIRUS OR COVID-19, TO ASK
WHO ISN'T FEELING WELL, AND BELIEVES4@ THEY MAY HAVE CORONAVIRUS OR COVID-19, TO ASK@
YOUR PROVIDER FOR TESTING.4@
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PROVIDER
WE URGE FOLKS TO REACH OUT TO
AN URGENT CARE FACILITY.
WE DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO
TO THE E.R.
WE ASK YOU CALL YOUR DOCTOR'S
OFFICE OR AN URGENT CARE
FACILITY 4@FIRST.
THERE IS ALSO 4@BEEN A BIT OF
DISCUSSION I WOULD LIKE 4@TO
CLARIFY BETWEEN TESTS AND TEST
KITS. 4@
TEST KITS ARE WHAT LABORATORIES
LIKE OUR LABORATORY HERE AT THE
MAINE CDC 4@ACQUIRE FROM THE
U.S. CDC, THOSE 4@KITS CON4@TAI
DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHEMICALS
AND DNA SAMPLES THAT ALLOW OUR
LABORATORY 4@TO RUN TESTS AROUN
THE CORNER.