COMPLETE FORECAS
NOW TO THE LATEST ON THE
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE INFECTED
WITH CORONAVIRUS SURGED BY MORE
THAN 3,000 OVERNIGHT.
EXPERTS FROM THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION SAY THE VIRUS IS
AN EPIDEMIC IN CHINA, BUT NOT A
PANDEMIC, MEANING IT HASN'T
REACHED THE EPIDEMIC STAGE IN
OTHER CONTINENTS.
CBS 4'S HILLARY LANE HAS THE
LATEST.
REPORTER: CREWS IN WUHAN,
CHINA ARE WORKING AROUND THE
CLOCK TO FIND SPACE FOR THE
GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH
THE DEADLY CORONAVIRUS.
IN ADDITION TO A NEWLY-BUILT
1,000-BED HOSPITAL, A LOCAL
GYMNASIUM, EXHIBITION CENTER
AND A CULTURAL COMPLEX ARE ALL
BEING CONVERTED INTO MAKESHIFT
HOSPITALS IN THE EPICENTER OF
THE OUTBREAK.
CHINESE OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE
MOBILIZING ALL RESOURCES.
AND WE ARE ALSO DOING
INTENSIVE RESEARCH IN FUNDING
TO DEAL WITH THIS.
REPORTER: IN HONG KONG MORE
THAN 2,000 STRIKING MEDICAL
WORKERS ARE DEMANDING THAT THE
GOVERNMENT CLOSE ITS BORDER
WITH CHINA.
HONG KONG NOW HAS ONE CONFIRMED
DEATH AND AT LEAST 15 CASES OF
THE VIRUS.
MORE CASES ARE EXPECTED.
THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT RISK
OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION IN
HONG KONG.
REPORTER: IN THE U.S.
OFFICIALS HAVE IDENTIFIED A
SECOND CASE OF HUMAN-TO-HUMAN
TRANSMISSION, THIS TIME IN
CALIFORNIA.
THE CDC IS CURRENTLY MONITORING
82 PEOPLE FOR POTENTIAL
INFECTION.
IT SEEMS THAT THE VIRUS
SPREADS FAIRLY EASILY WHEN
YOU'RE NOT ISOLATING CASES
QUICKLY.
REPORTER: THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT IS MAKING NEARLY 250
MILLION IN EMERGENCY FUNDS
AVAILABLE.