>> WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT. ♪
>>JENESE HARRIS: CONCERN SEEMS TO BE SPREADING FASTER THAN THE CORONAVIRUS ITSELF. BUT HEALTH
OFFICIALS IN FLORIDA ARE
GETTING READY TO 5 POTENTIAL
OUTBREAKS. THIS AS PRESIDENT
TRUMP SAYS THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY IS FOR PAIRED AS WELL
US.
>> TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS
♪
>> OF SUPPLIES. ARE ALREADY
ON HAND. WE HAVE
43 MILLION MASKS JUST FAR MORE
THAN ANYONE WOULD HAVE ASSUMED
WE COULD HAVE HAD SO QUICKLY.
>>JENESE HARRIS: TESTING FOR CORONAVIRUS IS NOW AVAILABLE AT 3 HEALTH CENTERS IN FLORIDA,
INCLUDING ONE HERE
IN JACKSONVILLE. GOVERNOR RON
DESANTIS SAYS THERE ARE 150
PEOPLE IN THE STATE BEING
MONITORED FOR THE VIRUS.
BUT AS
OF FRIDAY, THERE ARE NO
CONFIRMED CASES IN THE STATE
NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER ALLYSON
HENNING JOINS US LIVE OUTSIDE
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
PRO STREET WITH THE LATEST
DETAILS ALLISON.
JIMMY’S THIS IS ONE OF 3 LOCATIONS IN THE STATE THAT AS OF TODAY IS ABLE TO TEST
PATIENTS FOR CORONAVIRUS WE ARE
AT THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC HEALTH
LABORATORIES HERE ON
PEARL STREET WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH UP UNTIL
THIS POINT TESTS HAD TO BE SENT
TO THE CDC FOR RESULTS WHICH
WILL TAKE BETWEEN 3 TO 5 DAYS
NOW THAT WE HAVE THE KIDS HERE
IN FLORIDA TEST RESULTS
WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PATIENTS
WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS WHICH IS
A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
WE’RE TOLD US THEY DID HAVE
SOME TESTING KITS AVAILABLE BUT
IT WAS WAITING FOR APPROVAL
FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BEFORE
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE TESTING
AND THAT APPROVAL CAME DOWN
ON FRIDAY. NOW THERE ARE 3
CRITERIA. YOU MUST FALL UNDER
IN ORDER TO BE TESTED ONE YOU
MUST HAVE TRAVELED TO A COUNTRY
THAT IS A
LEVEL 2 OR 3 RISK ACCORDING TO
THE CDC THAT PERSON ALSO MUST
HAVE A FEVER OR LOWER
RESPIRATORY ISSUE TO A PERSON
WHO HAS HAD CLOSE CONTACT WITH
SOMEONE WHO IS INFECTED AND
ALSO HAS HAD A FEVER, COUGH OR
SHORTNESS OF BREATH OR 3
SOMEONE WHO HAS A LOWER
RESPIRATORY ILLNESS AND HAS
ALREADY TESTED NEGATIVE FOR
THE FLU.
>> IT’S A
DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE AGAIN AS
YOU SAID WE’RE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO GET RESULTS BACK SO PATIENTS
WHO HAVE POTENTIAL SYMPTOMS.
THEY’LL BE ABLE TO GET TESTED
FASTER.
AND NO FASTER AND THAT OF
COURSE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
REASONS THAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT
SO THAT. WE
DON’T SPREAD THE INFECTION TO
OTHER PEOPLE’S.
>>JENESE HARRIS: US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH LABORATORY HERE ON PEARL STREET NEAR DOWNTOWN
JACKSONVILLE, ONE OF 3 IN THE
STATE NOW ABLE TO TEST PATIENTS
FOR CORONAVIRUS IN THE STATE OF
FLORIDA. THE OTHER 2 ARE IN
MIAMI
AND TAMPA REPORTING LIVE
TONIGHT. ALLYSON HENNING
CHANNEL 4 THE LOCAL STATION.
A PERSON IN WASHINGTON STATE HAS DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS THE FIRST CONFIRMED DEATH IN THE
U S THIS AS THE NUMBER OF CASES
IN THE US APPROACHES 70 FEARS
OF
WIDESPREAD OUTBREAK. IT
CONTINUES TO GROW ACROSS THE
COUNTRY RETAILERS LIKE CVS AND
WALGREENS SAY THEY NOTICE INCREASED DEMAND FOR HAND SANITIZER CLEANING WIPES AND
FACE MASK. VICE PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE IS HEADING THE WASHINGTON THE WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE. TODAY HE ANNOUNCED
NEW TRAVEL ADVISORIES.
>> THE
PRESIDENT TODAY HAS AUTHORIZED
THE STATE
DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE THE
TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR AMERICANS
TO LEVEL 4.
WE ARE URGING AMERICANS TO NOT
TRAVEL TO THE AREAS IN ITALY
AND THE AREAS IN SOUTH KOREA,
THE MOST AFFECTED BY THE
CORONAVIRUS.
>>JENESE HARRIS: PRESIDENT
TRUMP SAYS HE WILL MEET WITH
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ON
MONDAY TO TALK ABOUT DEVELOPING
A VACCINE.
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