okay this breaking news is about the
coronavirus in Utah governor gary
Herbert is declaring a state of
emergency to deal with the novel
coronavirus Fox 13's Ben Winslow is live
on Capitol Hill with the latest
information Ben why the declaration well
this just barely happened up here the
governor declaring a pre-emptive
emergency in order to free up resources
to deal with the novel coronavirus now
it should be pointed out there are no
cases of it here in Utah yet but the
governor is doing this of course to be
prepared and to get state resources and
federal resources ready should this
start to hit our state once again the
governor urging people not to panic he
but he wants the state to be prepared in
a statement just issued the governor
says that people need to be smart about
kovat 19 primary thing of course being
wash your hands if you're sick stay home
avoid spreading it to others but again
this just barely happening up here on
Capitol Hill the governor is doing this
up preemptively to free up state and
federal resources so that the state as
he says it can adequately respond to
this we're going to be digging much more
into this and have much more as we get
it up here on Capitol Hill live on the
hill Ben Winslow Fox 13 News Utah