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AMID GROWING FEARS OF THE
CORONAVIRUS A PATIENT HAS DIED
AND WASHINGTON STATE.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ADDRESS
THE NATION WITH CALLS TO REMAIN
CALM WHILE ALSO PUTTING
RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL.
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY A MAN IN
WASHINGTON STATE HAS BECOME THE
FIRST PERSON TO DIE FROM
CORONAVIRUS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
HAD UNDERLYING HEALTH
CONDITIONS.
IT WAS A MALE IN HIS 50s.
Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP
ANNOUNCED OF THE DEATH IN A
RARE SATURDAY NEWS CONFERENCE
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
ADDITIONAL CASES ARE LIKELY.
BUT HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS SHOULD
BE ABLE TO FULLY RECOVER.
Reporter: VP PANTS, WHO WAS
OVERSEEING THE EFFORTS, SAID
THE U.S. IS BANNING TRAVEL TO
IRAN, WHICH IS HAVE THE MOST
REPORTED CORONAVIRUS DEATH
OUTSIDE OF CHINA.
HE SAYS WASHINGTON IS ELEVATING
THE TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR PARTS
OF ITALY AND SOUTH KOREA.
TOP FEDERAL HEALTH EXPERTS
STAND BESIDE PRESIDENT TRUMP
CONTINUE TO URGE CALM.
THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE,
BECAUSE WE CAN ASK THAT ALL THE
TIME, STILL REMAINS AT LOW
RISK.
BUT WHEN WE SAY THAT WE WANT TO
UNDERSCORE THAT THIS IS AN
EVOLVING SITUATION.
Reporter: ONE RECENTLY
REPORTED CASE IS THE FIRST IN A
HEALTHCARE WORKER.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE PLANS
TO MEET ON MONDAY WITH THE
HEADS OF MAJOR PHARMACEUTICAL
COMPANIES TO DISCUSS PROSPECTS
FOR A VACCINE.
WASHINGTON'S GOVERNOR DECLARED
A STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER
TODAY'S DEATH WAS REPORTED.
THERE IS A CONFIRMED CASE OF
CORONAVIRUS IN WISCONSIN, NONE
SO FAR IN MINNESOTA DESPITE ITS
SPREAD, DOCTORS SAY DON'T GET
TOO WORRIED.
WE SPOKE WITH A LOCAL
INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT, WHO
HAVE SOME GOOD ADVICE MOVING
FORWARD.
I SPOKE WITH DR. MICHAEL
AHLSTROM AND HIS MAIN MESSAGE
IS DON'T PANIC BUT HE SAYS IT
IS CLEAR THAT THIS DISEASE IS
SPREADING FAST FOR THE U.S. AND
THAT COULD EASILY BE CASES
POPPING UP IN MINNESOTA, SO HE
EXPLAINS WAYS TO PREPARE AND
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.
IT IS NO LONGER ABOUT TRYING
TO KEEP IT OUT, IT IS REALLY
ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO
RESPOND.
THE DIRECTOR FOR THE CENTER
OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH
AND POLICY AT THE U OF M, HE
SAYS RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO
REACT TO OUR REALITY.
NOW THE POSITIVE CASES OF THE
CORONAVIRUS HAVE POPPED UP IN
CALIFORNIA, OREGON, AND
WASHINGTON STATE THIS WEEK.
HE SAYS THE VIRUS WILL CONTINUE
TO SPREAD THROUGH THE AIR, AND
PERSON-TO-PERSON CONTACT,
QUICKLY.
NOW THAT WE ARE GETTING
TESTING DONE YOU WILL SEE CASES
DROP UNITED STATES THE NEXT 7
TO 10 DAYS.
Reporter: WITH STUFF LIKE
THAT YOU MAY WANT TO PANIC BUT
DR. SAYS DON'T.
HIS REASONS?
BIG PICTURE.
THIS VIRUS IS HOSPITALIZING AND
KILLING A SMALL PERCENT OF
PEOPLE.
MOSTLY OLDER PEOPLE WITH
UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.
HE SAYS HOW THE PEOPLE VIRUS
WILL LIKELY NOT HAD A SEVERE
REACTION.
SMALL PICTURE, HERE, OUR STATE
GOVERNMENT HAS AN EMERGENCY
PLAN IN PLACE.
I'M CONFIDENT THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA WILL BE ONE OF THE
MOST AFFECTED STATES IN THE
COUNTRY.
HAVE ALL BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN
DOING WHAT WE CALL BASICALLY
PREPAREDNESS PLANNING.
PART OF BEING REACTIVE IS
TAKING INDIVIDUAL STEPS, TO.
HE SUGGESTS HAVING A FAMILY
PLAN, SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT TO
DO IF SOMEONE GETS SICK.
ALSO BY NONPERISHABLE FOODS AND
EXTRA MEDICINES THAT YOU MIGHT
NEED, IN CASE YOU DECIDE TO
WORK FROM HOME, OR LIMIT YOUR
TIME IN PUBLIC.
KITS ARE ALSO AT RISK OF
CONTRACTING THE DISEASE BUT MAY
NOT SHOW SIGNS.
Reporter: EVEN THOUGH THEY
ARE NOT SICK, THEY ARE ABLE TO
TRANSMIT THE VIRUS, AND THAT
WILL BE, MAYBE SCHOOLS SHOULD
BE CLOSED.
Reporter: JUST THIS WEEK HE
PUBLISHED AN OP-ED PIECE IN THE
NEW YORK TIMES ABOUT THE
CORONAVIRUS.
IN IT HE SAYS WE SHOULD NOT
CALL THIS VIRUS A PANDEMIC BUT