WHICH
WHICH MEANS THE WORKERS COULD BE ON THEIR OWN FORCED TO
QUARANTINE. JO4@IN ME RIGHT NOW
IS DR. LINDA NABHA AND WE HAVE
BREAKING NEWS AND WE HAVE
CONFIRMED CASES RIGHT NOW AS WE
SPEAK IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND
WHERE THE GOVERNOR HAS
SCHEDULED A PRESS CONFERENCE AT
8:00.
8:00.
8:00. >>
8:00. >> I KNEW THIS WAS COMING AND
WE WERE WAITING FOR TH4@IS.
WE HAVE TESTING NOW AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN
MARYLAND AND THEY WERE
CONFIRMED AND WE KNEW THAT IT
WAS COMING.
WAS COMING. 4@>> WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF
DETAILS BUT IF WE HAVE THREE
CONFIRMED CASES AT THE SAME
PLACE OR IN SEPARATE CASE IS
WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN?
>> THEY HAVE TESTED POSITIVE
MANY THEY HAVE PROBABLY
PRESENTED THEMSELVES WITH
SYMPTOMS MANY THEY MAY HAVE HAD
THE INFECTION FOR UP TO 14 DAYS
SO WE KNOW THAT IS AT LEAST
CIRCULATING IN MARYLAND.
>> AND THAT'S IS TO MEET ALL OF
THE PEOPLE THEY HAVE COME INTO
CONTACT BEGINNING WITH FAMILY
AND THEN IF THEY WORK OR IF
THEY GO TO CLASS.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. THIS IS A RESPIRATORY DROPLET
IN4@FECTION.
IN4@FECTION. ANYONE THAT THEY MAY HAVE
SNEEZED ON OR HAVE TOUCHED 4@
RESPIRATORY DROPLETS IS AT RISK
AND WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS?
>> SYMPTOMS THAT WE KNOW OF ARE
NONSPECI4@FIC. WHAT WE DO KNOW
FROM CHINA IS THAT PEOPLE
PRESEN4@T WITH FLULIKE 4@SYMPTO
AND MOST COMMONLY4@ THOSE WHO
HAVE A DETECTED VIRUS THE
MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE A FEVER
OR A COUGH OR SHORTNESS OF
BREATH. MUSCLE ACHES AND PAINS.
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME CASES
OF GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS.
>> I THINK WE 4@HEARD FROM THE
VICE PRESIDENT WHO SAID WE DO
NOT HAVE ENOUGH TEST KITS TO
MEET THE DEMAND AT THIS POINT.
>> IT IS A LITTLE CONCERNING.
WE ARE OPERATING ON THE IDEA
THAT WE NEED TO TEST THESE
PEOPLE AND FIND OUT WHO IS
POSITIVE AND GO FROM THERE AND
IF WE DO NOT 4@HAVE THE TESTING
WE CANNOT EVALUATE THOSE PEOPLE
.
.
. >>
. >> AND
. >> AND WHO IS TESTING?
THOSE WITH THE SYMPTOMS OR IS
THERE AN AT RISK POPULATION
THAT OUGHT TO BE TESTED
IMMEDIATELY?
IMMEDIATELY? >> RIGHT NOW THE 4@CRITERIA IS
SOMEONE COMES IN WITH
RESPIRATORY INFECTION PLUS 4@A
FEVER AND THEY EITHER HAVE 4@
TRAVELED TO PARTICULAR COUNTRIES
OR THEY'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO A
POPULATION WHERE THERE IS
COMMUNITY SPREAD RIGHT 4@NOW JU
TODAY THE GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN
UPDATED THAT SOMEONE IS IN A
NURSING FACILITY OR HOSPITAL
AND HAVE THE SYMPTOMS THEN THEY
SHOULD GET TESTED.
>> SOME PEOPLE ARE ASKING THE
QUESTION RIGHT NOW THEY ARE
GETTING INFORMATION THAT 4@THER
WILL ALL BE SYMPTOMS. ANY TRUTH
TO THAT?
TO THAT?
TO THAT? >> WE DO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE
HAVE HAD A VERY MILD FORM.
SO MILD THEY DID NOT HAVE TO
PRESENT TO A HOSPITAL OR A
PHYSICIAN. IN FACT, THERE HAVE
BEEN DOCUMENTED