IS CHANGING THE SOUTH FLORIDA
ECONOMY.
THIS IS CBS 4 NEWS,
TONIGHT.
THE QUICKLY ESCALATING
FEARS OF A CORONAVIRUS
OUTBREAK.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDRESSES THE
NATION AS HEALTH AUTHORITIES
WARNED THAT MORE INFECTIONS ARE
COMING
NEW TONIGHT CALIFORNIA HAS
THE FIRST CASE IN THE NATION
THAT MAY NOT HAVE ORIGINATED
OVERSEAS.
Reporter: THE CASE WAS
DIAGNOSED NEAR SACRAMENTO.
IT'S TOO EARLY TO KNOW IF THE
PATIENT WAS EXPOSED TO SOMEONE
OVERSEAS AND THEN RETURNED TO
CALIFORNIA.
THERE ARE NO CASES IN FLORIDA
OR NEIGHBORING STATES.
MIKE PENCE WAS SELECTED TO
LEAD THE NATION'S RESPONSE.
THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED IF HE
THINKS THE VIRUS WILL SPREAD
HERE.
I THINK THERE'S A CHANCE IT
COULD GET WORSE.
THERE'S A CHANCE IT COULD GET
SUBSTANTIALLY WORSE.
Reporter: SOUTH FLORIDA IS
PAYING MUCH MORE ATTENTION TO
THE OUTBREAK TONIGHT.
Reporter: FRANCES WANG IS
LIVE AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
WITH THE DETAILS.
Reporter: AS YOU SAID EVEN
THOUGH THERE ARE NO CONFIRMED
CASES HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA OR
EVEN THE STATE AGENCIES, BOTH
LOCALLY AND STATEWIDE ARE
PREPARING.
EARLIER TODAY MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ANNOUNCED THE
WAYS THEY ARE GETTING READY.
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, CANCELING TRIPS OVER
SEAS.
A TRAVEL ADVISORY WAS ISSUED TO
ITALY.
50 CONFIRMED CASES OF
CORONAVIRUS.
THE HIGHEST NUMBER OUTSIDE OF
ASIA.
ONE TRAVELER SPREADING THE
DISEASE TO BRAZIL.
HERE WE SHOULD PREPARED FOR A
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
WE PULLED UP OUR PRIVILEGED
PANDEMIC PLAN.
WE READ IT CAREFULLY AND MADE
CHANGES TO IT TO ADAPT TO THIS
NEW THREAT.
Reporter: THAT INCLUDE
SPREADING INFORMATION IN EVERY
WAY THAT THEY CAN.
THEY ARE ADDING HANDS-ON TASERS
OLIVER SCHOOLS AND BUSES.
AND ALSO SETTING UP RECEPTION
CENTERS FOR INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS.
I WANT TO REITERATE ANY
STUDENT IN ANY EMPLOYEE WILL
HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION
PREVENTION.
IT CONTINUES TO BE THE BEST
WEAPON.
Reporter: FORTINET
UNIVERSITY ALSO TAKING
PRECAUTIONS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PUTTING VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE IN CHARGE
AND ASKING FOR $2.5 BILLION TO
FIGHT THE SPREAD OF THE
OUTBREAK.
WE WILL BRING THE FULL
RESOURCES OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IN COORDINATION WITH
OUR STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS.
TO SEE TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-
BEING AND THE AFFECTIVE
RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS
HERE.
Reporter: ONE PROFESSOR SAYS
TAKING CARE OF YOUR HEALTH AND
HYGIENE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
EVER.
THESE ARE POSITIVE THINGS WE
CAN DO RIGHT NOW.
AS PREPARATION, IN CASE THIS
VIRUS COMES INTO OUR COMMUNITY
AND WE BECOME AFFECTED BY IT.
Reporter: MORE PREPARATION