>> ASK FOR SOME LOCAL LEADERS ARE PREPARING THEIR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE.
THE TOPIC OF MANY CONVERSATIONS
AMONG FEDERAL STATE AND
LOCAL LEADERS.
>> PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE’VE GOT THE
FACTS AND THAT WE’RE PREPARED
YES SO GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS
ANNOUNCED HE WILL HOLD A NEWS
CONFERENCE TOMORROW. CFO AND
STATE FIRE MARSHAL JIMMY
PATRONIS MET WITH MAYOR LENNY
CURRY TODAY
IN TALLAHASSEE CURRY AND
PETRONAS WILL MEET WITH
JACKSONVILLE FIREFIGHTERS
TOMORROW AT 10:00AM
TO HOLD A ROUNDTABLE ON FIRST
RESPONDER PREPAREDNESS, NEW
TONIGHT, THE CASE OF
CORONAVIRUS WAS CONFIRMED IN
CALIFORNIA THAT HAS NO TIES TO
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
OR CONTACT MEANING THIS IS THE
FIRST CASE SPREAD FROM PERSON
TO PERSON IN
THE US. MEANWHILE, AIRLINES AND
HOTELS ARE OFFERING TO REBOOK
RESERVATIONS FOR TRAVEL TO
NORTHERN ITALY WERE CASES OF
CORONAVIRUS HAVE SPIKED THIS
COMES AS THE PRESIDENT
ADDRESSED THE NATION TODAY
SAYING THE RISK TO AMERICANS IS
VERY LOW
AND VICE PRESIDENT PENCE WILL
TAKE OVER THE WHITE HOUSE
CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE.
>> SHE MS. IS BRILLIANT, I
SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THE
TEAM OVER THE LAST A COUPLE OF
WEEKS BUT THEY’RE TOTALLY
BRILLIANT AND WE’RE DOING
REALLY WELL AND MIKE IS GOING
TO BE.
>> IN GEORGE AND MICHAEL REPORT
BACK TO ME PEOPLE THIS COUNTRY
CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT UNDER
YOUR LEADERSHIP. WE WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING THE FULL
RESOURCES OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IN COORDINATION WITH
OUR STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS.
>>KENT JUSTICE: AND WHILE THERE NOT BEEN ANY REPORTED CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN FLORIDA NEWS OF
A POSSIBLE PANDEMIC THAT’S GOT
SOME PEOPLE STOCKING UP ON
PROTECTIVE MASKS. THIS PICTURE
WAS TAKEN 3 HOURS AGO AT THE
WAL-MART ON BEACH AND
UNIVERSITIES YOU CAN SEE FROM
THAT SHELF THERE EMPTY SO THE
PROTECTIVE MASKS AND
SOLD OUT IN FACT WE’VE LEARNED
THAT MANY DRUG STORES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY ARE SEEING THE
SAME THING.
>>JOY PURDY: NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER ERIK AVANIER JOINING
US NOW ERIC YOU SPOKE WITH A
LOCAL DOCTOR ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE
CAN DO.
CAN DO. >> TO PREVENT INFECTION. YES, I DID IN FACT I SPOKE TO A
LOCAL PULMONOLOGIST WHO SORT OF
AN EXPERT ON THIS TYPE OF
PROBLEM THERE. WILL GET WILL
ROCK WALL RIGHT NOW MEDICAL
EXPERTS SAY THIS VIRUS IS
SOMEWHAT CONTAINED BECAUSE
COURTS BECAUSE THE COURT SCENES
THAT WERE PUT
IN PLACE AND HELP TO PREVENT
PEOPLE TRAVELING INTO THE US
FROM ASIA WITHOUT BEING CHECKED
FOR SYMPTOMS BUT
EXPERTS I SPOKE WITH A VIRUS IS
APPLE WAY OF TRAVELING FROM
COUNTRY TO COUNTRY SO THERE’S
SOME THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO
KEEP OUR
GUARD UP.
>> UNDER A POWERFUL MICROSCOPE
CORONAVIRUS LOOKS LIKE A BALL
WITH GROWTH SPURT ROUTING FROM
THE SURFACE WHEN SOMEONE WHO IS INFECTED SNEEZES THE PARTICLES FLOAT IN THE AIR AND EVENTUALLY
LAND ON SURFACES
WE TOUCH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
PULMONOLOGIST ALEXA’S BEST
WITH THAT IT ONLY TAKES A SMALL
AMOUNT OF SALIVA FROM THE COUGH
OR SNEEZE OF AN INFECTED PERSON
TO SPREAD THE VIRUS WHEN WE
THINK ABOUT HER WE RETURN WE
PROTECTED OR HANDLE WE TOUCH
LAPTOP, ANYTHING SO THOSE OF
PREVENTIVE JUST TO CHEER AND
OUR OUR MOUTH AND THAT’S HOW WE
GET INFECTED. THEREFORE WASHING
YOUR HANDS
IS IMPORTANT. THE COMMON FLU
CAN LAST ON SURFACES FOR A
COUPLE OF HOURS. BUT WHEN IT
COMES TO CORONAVIRUS SURFACE
DURATION
IS UNCERTAIN. ANOTHER WAY TO
PROTECT YOURSELF, ESPECIALLY IF
YOU’RE A WALKING INSIDE A
HOSPITAL OR TRAVELING VIA PLANE
BUS OR TRAIN IS
USING A MASK TO COVER YOUR
MOUTH AND NOSE. THERE ARE MANY
TYPES OF MASKS SOLD IN STORES
AND ONLINE.
>> MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY THIS IN
95 PARTICULATE RESPIRATORS ONE
OF THE BEST MASSED ON
THE MARKET WHEN IT COMES TO
PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM THE
CORONAVIRUS AND EVEN THE
COMMON FLU.
>> YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT HE
KNOWS AS IS THE LITTLE THINGS
HERE AS AND ACTUALLY FITS REAL
SNOW CAN TAKE THE BRUNT OF THE
THIS ONE
RIGHT THERE.
>> IN OTHER WORDS IT DOES A
BETTER JOB OF KEEPING INFECTIVE
PARTICLES FROM SEEPING INTO
YOUR MOUTH OR NOSE ONCE THE
VIRUS ENTERS THE RESPIRATORY
TRACT EVENTUALLY ATTACKS
THE LUNGS, THEN THE INFECTED
PERSON STARTS HAVING FLU LIKE
SYMPTOMS THAT LAST FOR DAYS.
BUT A LOT LONGER FOR
PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING
RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS OR
COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS AND
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT
A HIGHER RISK OF DYING BECAUSE
THEY’RE LONG EVENTUALLY STOP.
NOW ACCORDING TO THE LATEST
DATA PROVIDED BY THE CENTERS
FOR DISEASE CONTROL THERE
HAVE BEEN 445 PEOPLE IN THE US
TESTED FOR CORONAVIRUS BUT ONLY
14 TESTED POSITIVE. 12 OF THOSE PEOPLE GOT IT WHILE TRAVELING WHILE THE REMAINING 2
GOT IT BY WAY OF PERSON TO
PERSON CONTACT MEANING THEY
WERE AT LEAST WITHIN 6 FEET OF
AN INFECTED PERSON WHO MAY HAVE
WHO MAY HAVE COUGHED OR SNEEZED
COMING UP NEXT A COMING UP
LATER TONIGHT AT 11
FIND OUT WHY PEOPLE THINK THEY
HAVE CORONAVIRUS WHEN THEY SHOW
UP AT A LOCAL DOCTOR’S OFFICE.
IT’S SOMETHING DOCTOR BEST
QUEST SAYS HE’S BECOMING ALL
TOO FAMILIAR WITH.
>> ALL RIGHT ERIC,
THANK YOU FOLKS WHO WANT TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE NOW AT THIS MAP WE’VE BEEN SHOWING
YOU ALL THROUGH THE WEEK AS
CORONAVIRUS HAS BEEN THE TOPIC
OF CONVERSATION. THIS HAS BEEN
TALLIED BY
JOHNS HOPKINS, YOU’RE LOOKING
AT A MAP OF THE WORLD HERE
WE’RE FOCUSED ON CHINA WHERE
THE OUTBREAK BEGAN
LOOKING HERE. I WANT TO
EXPLAIN THESE COLUMNS HERE THIS
IS THE TOTAL CONFIRMED NUMBER
OF CASES OF CORONAVIRUS
WORLDWIDE 82,000 TOTAL NUMBER
OF DEATHS
2800 TOTAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE
RECOVERED IN THE WORLD 32,000.
EACH OF THESE RED DOTS
DEPENDING ON
THE SIZE REPRESENT AREAS WHERE
PEOPLE HAVE AT ONE POINT BEEN
DIAGNOSED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS
NOW SAY THAT YOU’RE INTERESTED
IN FINDING OUT HOW MANY DEATHS
HAVE HAPPENED IN A PARTICULAR
CITY. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT
BEIJING FOR EXAMPLE AND YOU’RE
WONDERING WHERE BEIJING IS AMID
ALL OF THIS RED
TAP ON THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IN
BEIJING IN THE MAP TAKES YOU TO
IT AND IT HIGHLIGHTS WHERE
BEIJING IS AND YOU’LL BE ABLE
TO SEE ALL OF THE DETAILS IN
THAT CITY SAY FOR EXAMPLE YOU
WANT TO SEE WHAT’S GOING ON IN
THAILAND TAP ON THE RED DOT
THERE THOSE SAME NUMBERS POP UP
HERE THERE 40 CONFIRMED CASES
IN THAILAND. NO DEATHS, 22
PEOPLE
HAVE RECOVERED, 18 STILL HAVE
THE CORONAVIRUS IN THAILAND.
NOW SOMETHING ELSE
COOL ABOUT THIS MAP AS YOU
SCROLL FARTHER EAST YOU’LL SEE
THE NUMBERS DWINDLE OF
CONFIRMED CASES HERE ARE GOING
EAST. THIS IS IRAQ US CUES
WE’RE GOING WEST. THIS IS IRAN.
TAKING A LOOK AT ITALY HERE
WHERE CASES HAVE SPIKED I WANT
TO GO OVER TO THE
U S WHERE THERE ARE SOME
HIGHLIGHTED AREAS SAW MAKE THIS
MAP A LITTLE BIT BIGGER YOU’LL
BE ABLE TO SEE THAT
FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO KNOW
THAT THERE ARE NO CONFIRMED
CASES IN FLORIDA NON ACROSS THE
ENTIRE SOUTHEAST.
BUT THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT
ARE HIGHLIGHTED
LIKE CHICAGO AND THEN A TOP ON
THAT AND WE SEE THAT THERE ARE
2 CONFIRMED CASES
IN CHICAGO, THOSE 2 PEOPLE ARE
RECOVERING. BUT TAKE A LOOK IN
TEXAS FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS SAN
ANTONIO THAT HIGHLIGHTED ONE
CONFIRMED CASE IN SAN ANTONIO,
ONE EXISTING CASE SO THAT SAME
PERSON WHO WAS CONFIRMED STILL
HAS THE CORONA
VIRUS. NOW WE’RE GOING TO TAKE
YOU TO A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD
NEWS HERE. BESIDES THE FACT
THAT THERE AREN’T VERY MANY
CASES THEY’RE IN THE US LET’S
GO BACK TO CHINA
AND I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK
AT THESE RED DOTS ONCE AGAIN
THIS IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
PEOPLE CONFIRMED ONCE AGAIN WHO
HAVE HAD AT ONE POINT THE
CORONAVIRUS TAKE A LOOK NOW IS
THOSE DOTS TURNED YELLOW YOU’LL
SEE HOW THOSE NUMBERS ARE
DWINDLING AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT
THE EXISTING NUMBER OF CASES.
I JUST DO THAT BY TOPPING
ONE BUTTON AND YOU CAN SEE HOW
THOSE CASES ARE DWINDLING GOOD
NEWS THERE.
FOLKS WE HAVE CHECKED LOCALLY
WITH OUR LOCAL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS, STARTING IN BAKER
COUNTY WHERE SCHOOL OFFICIALS
SAY THEY MAY TURN TO INTERNET
BASED TELL US COOLING IN A
WORST CASE SCENARIO.
IN SAINT JOHNS COUNTY OFFICIALS
SAY THE SUPERINTENDENT WOULD
WORK WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND
ADMINISTRATORS TO PREPARE AN
ACADEMIC PLAN IF
SCHOOLS CLOSE AND DUVALL COUNTY
SCHOOL OFFICIALS TOLD USODAY.