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>>> GOOD AFTERNOON YOU ARE WATCHING THE ABC10 NEWS AT 5:00.
>>> WE WILL START WITH THE
ONGOING FIGHT AGAINST THE
SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS.
THE VIRUS HAS SICKENED 45,000
PEOPLE, MOSTLY IN CHINA.
THE DEATH TOLL IS OVER 1100.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE REMAIN UNDER
LOCKDOWN.
IN THE U.S., 13 PEOPLE ARE
CONFIRMED TO HAVE THE VIRUS.
THIS IS A MAP SHOWING THE
STATES WERE THE CASES ARE
INCLUDING CALIFORNIA.
>> 200 PEOPLE WERE FLOWN TO
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE AND FIVE
PEOPLE TESTED FOR CORONAVIRUS
CAME UP NEGATIVE AND RETURN TO
QUARANTINE.
TODAY MONICA COLEMAN SPOKE WITH
THE MAN CURRENTLY LIVING IN
QUARANTINE AT TRAVIS AIR FORCE
BASE.
>> HE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTING HIS
QUARANTINE GIVING FOLLOWERS AND
INSIDE LOOK AT LIFE IN
ISOLATION .
>> Reporter: HE AND HIS WIFE
HAD NO IDEA THEIR TRIP TO SEE
THEIR GRANDCHILD WITH AND WITH
HIM IN QUARANTINE.
>> IT WAS PRETTY MUCH UNHEARD
OF.
NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT.
>> Reporter: WITH GROWING
CONCERNS HE DECIDED TO CUT HIS
TRIP SHORT SO HE COULD GET BACK
TO THE STATES FOR WORK.
HIS WIFE AND CHILD UP TO THE
STATE IN CHINA.
>> WE HEARD THAT OUR CITY IS
ALSO PUT UNDER LOCKDOWN.
AFTER THAT, THAT IS WHEN I
REACHED OUT TO THE U.S. FOR A
POSSIBLE AN EVACUATION FLIGHT.
MY FAMILY MEMBER TOLD ME THE
U.S. IS DOING THIS?
>> NO ONE KNEW THEY WOULD LAND
TO TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE BUT
THEY WERE TOLD THEY WOULD BE IN
QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS.
>> I WAS QUITE ON EDGE.
I CAN'T EVEN GET A STRAIGHT
ANSWER.
HOW WILL WE DEAL WITH THE
ROADBLOCKS?
>> HE CAN FOLLOW ALONG ON HIS
INSTAGRAM.
HE GETS UP AT 5 AM AND GETS HIS
TEMPERATURE TAKEN TWICE PER
DAY.
EVERY OTHER AFTERNOON THE CDC
WILL HOLD THE UPDATE.
>> AND ALSO I HAVE FAMILY
ASKING ME ABOUT HOW I AM DOING
AND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
AND SO THIS IS A DAILY DIARY ON
INSTAGRAM.
I'M LETTING MY FRIENDS KNOW
THAT I AM STILL ALIVE HERE AND
THERE IS NO ZOMBIES RUNNING
AROUND THE STREETS EATING
PEOPLE.
THAT IS HOW I STARTED
DOCUMENTING.
>> Reporter: HE SAID HE IS
ALREADY PURCHASING HIS TICKET
BACK TO SAN BERNARDINO.
HE WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL
THINGS ARE SAFE IN CHINA TO FLY
HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER HOME.
>> I MIGHT AS WELL ENJOY IT.
THINK OF IT AS A VACATION.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF PATIENTS
THERE.
A CRUISE SHIP IS QUARANTINE OFF
THE COAST OF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN.
170 PASSENGERS ARE SICK WITH
THE VIRUS WHICH IS THE LARGEST
CLUSTER OF PATIENTS OUTSIDE OF
CHINA.
A COUPLE FROM SACRAMENTO HAVE
NOT TESTED POSITIVE AND THEY
SPOKE WITH MIKE DUFFY THIS
AFTERNOON.
>> WE ARE JUST ABOUT FINISHING
THE CREWS.
EVERYTHING WAS PACKED UP AND WE
WERE READY TO GET OFF THE NEXT
MORNING AND THEN LIFE FROZE
HERE IN THE STATE ROOM.
IT IS NOTHING WE COULD HAVE
IMAGINED IT ALL.
>> Reporter: THIS IS DAY NINE
OF THE QUARANTINE.
THEY ARE HOPING TO BE RELEASED
NEXT WEDNESDAY.
>> WHILE THE NUMBER OF CASES
CONTINUED TO RISE, A SAN DIEGO
LAPIS RACING TO GET A VACCINE
OUT AND ON THE MARKET.
SCIENTISTS RELEASED THE GENETIC
SEQUENCE ON JANUARY 9.
RESEARCHERS GOT TO WORK
IMMEDIATELY AND HAD A VACCINE
WITHIN THREE HOURS.
>> WE HAVE AN ALGORITHM THAT WE
HAVE DESIGNED TO PUT THAT
SEQUENCE INTO AN ALGORITHM AND
COME UP WITH DNA MADISON.
>> SO FAR THE VACCINE HAS BEEN
TESTED ON MICE AND GUINEA PIGS.
THE NEXT TRIAL WILL INVOLVE
HUMAN PATIENTS AND IF ALL GOES
ACCORDING TO PLAN, THE VACCINE
COULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
BY EARLY THIS