NEWS AT 4..... GOVERNOR DEWINE
DECLARES A STATE OF EMERGENCY
AFTER CONFIRMING THREE PEOPLE
FROM THE CLEVELAND AREA HAVE
TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS .
MARK:2 NEWS REPORTER KRISTEN
ESKOW JOINS US LIVE IN THE
NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST
INFORMATION...
KRISTEN:MARK - THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GOVERNOR
JUST CAME IN WITHIN THE PAST
HOUR.THESE ARE OHIO'S FIRST
CONFIRMED CASES - BUT SO FAR -
NO CONFIRMED CASES HERE IN THE
MIAMI VALLEY.
GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE SAYS
THREE PEOPLE - ALL IN THEIR
50'S - HAVE TESTED POSITIVE
FOR NOVEL CORONAVIRUS - OR
COVID-19.OFFICIALS SAY THE
WOMAN AND TWO MEN WHO HAVE
TESTED POSITIVE ARE ALL FROM
CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST
OHIO.THE GOVERNOR TELLS US TWO
OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE A COUPLE
WHO WERE ON A CRUISE ON THE
NILE RIVER. ONE REMAINS
HOSPITALIZED, AND THE OTHER IS
NOT.AND THE THIRD PERSON IS
UNRELATED TO THEM - AND HAD
ATTENDED A CONFERENCE IN
WASHINGTON, D-C.THEY SAY LOCAL
HEALTH OFFICIALS THERE ARE
REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE WHO THE
PATIENTS WERE IN CONTACT WITH.
GOV. MIKE DEWINE - (R) OHIO:
"WE HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS. THIS
WILL CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES FOR
A WHILE. AND THE FULL GOAL IS
TO MAKE SURE OHIOANS ARE SAFE."
KRISTEN:THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH IS PROVIDING DAILY
UPDATES ABOUT THE NUMBER OF
CASES IN OHIO.THEY SAY THEY'RE
ALSO GOING TO KEEP TRACK OF
WHERE THE VIRUS IS SPREADING.
KRISTEN ESKOW, 2 NEWS WORKING
FOR YOU.
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