>>
>> Reporter: WELL, SO FAR 35 PEOPLE HAVE FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS. THEY'RE CURRENTLY BEING TESTED
FOR CORONAVIRUS VIA TEST KITS
THAT WERE FLOWN INTO THE SHIP
SOMETIME THIS MORNING.
NOW THAT SHIP IS ABOUT 100
MILES OFF THE COAST OF SAN
FRANCISCO AND IT'S LEAVING THIS
WHOLE SITUATION IS LEAVING SOME
3,500 PASSENGERS AND CREW
MEMBERS IN A HOLDING PATTERN.
>> AT THIS TIME THE CDC, THE
CALIFORNIA STATE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT AND THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
WITH THE U.S. COASTGUARD WERE
WORKING TO DETERMINE IF COVID-
19 IS PRESENT ON THE SHIP.
>> Reporter: HEALTH OFFICIALS
AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ARE
NOW TAKING ACTION TO FIND OUT
IF PASSENGERS ABOARD THE GRAND
PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP HAVE THE
CORONAVIRUS.
THE SHIP LEFT FOR HAWAII TWO
WEEKS AGO.
IT WAS DUE BACK IN SAN
FRANCISCO SATURDAY MORNING BUT
SKIPPED ITS FINAL PORT OF CALL
IN MEXICO AND IS NOW IN LIMBO
ABOUT 100 MILES OFF THE SAN
FRANCISCO COAST.
AFTER
AFTER OFFICIALS LEARNED THAT TWO PASSENGERS FROM THE SHIP'S PREVIOUS CRUISE TESTED POSITIVE
FOR CORONAVIRUS, ONE HAS DIED,
ANOTHER BEING TREATED IN SONOMA
COUNTY.
>> ONCE WE HAVE RESULTS FROM
THE TESTS THE CDC WILL
DETERMINE THE MOST APPROPRIATE
LOCATION FOR THE SHIP TO BERTH.
>> Reporter: PASSENGERS ARE
ASKED TO STAY IN THEIR ROOMS
THE REST OF THE CRUISE, THOUGH
IT'S UNCLEAR EXACTLY HOW LONG
THAT WILL BE.
SAN FRANCISCO'S MAYOR LONDON
BREED SAYS HER CITY'S READY.
>> YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE
SOME OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS ANYWHERE
IN THE WORLD RIGHT HERE IN OUR
CITY.
WE DEALT WITH CHALLENGES OVER
THE YEARS, WHETHER IT WAS THE
HIV CRISIS OR SARS OR H1N1 AND
WE GOT THROUGH THOSE EVENTS
BECAUSE WE CAME TOGETHER AS A
CITY, BECAUSE WE PUT FORWARD
BEST PRACTICES.
>>
>> Reporter: NOW NO ONE ABOARD THAT SHIP IS BEING ALLOWED TO GET OFF