RIGHT, A PREAMBLE PRODUCTION.
THIS IS CBS 4 NEWS AT NOON.
FIRST AT NOON, WE BEGIN
WITH THE CORONAVIRUS OPERA.
FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS
DECLARES A STATE OF EMERGENCY
AFTER TWO PEOPLE IN THE STATE
PRESUMPTIVELY TEST POSITIVE
FOR THE CORONAVIRUS.
THE TWO CASES ARE NOT FULLY
CONFIRMED, RATHER CASES THAT
HAVE TESTED POSITIVE IN A LAB
AND PENDING FINAL TESTING AT
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL.
THE GOVERNOR SAYS DESPITE THE
CASES, THE OVERALL THREAT TO
THE PUBLIC REMAINS LOW.
CITY LEADERS REMAIN ON ALERT
AND ARE PREPARING TO REACT.
TED SCOTT IS IN MIAMI WITH THE
LATEST..?
Reporter: THE GOVERNOR
DECLARING A PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY, AFTER WE HAVE
LEARNED OF 2% OF CASES OF THE
CORONAVIRUS IN THE STATE.
THE GOVERNOR HELD A NEWS
CONFERENCE IN TAMPA.
HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW, ONE IS IN
HILLSBORO COUNTY, THAT IS WHERE
TAMPA IS.
THAT IS AN ADULT WHO TRAVEL TO
ITALY.
THE SECOND IS IN MANISTEE
COUNTY, THAT IS IN SARASOTA.
THIS PERSON DID NOT TRAVEL TO
AN IMPACTED AREA.
TODAY, BOTH OF THEM ARE IN
ISOLATION.
WE LEARNED AS OF TODAY, 184
PEOPLE ARE BEING MONITORED
CURRENTLY THROUGHOUT THE STATE,
AND IN ALL, 795 OF THE
MONITORED SINCE THE BEGINNING
OF ALL OF THIS, THE GOVERNOR
SPEAKING WITH AN OPTIMISTIC
TONE.
THE RISK REMAINS LOW, PLEASE
HEED THE ADVICE OF THE CDC AND
LOCAL HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS,
YOU HEAR SOME OF THE THINGS
ABOUT WASHING YOUR HANDS AND
NOT TOUCHING YOUR MOUTH, AND
YOUR NOSE AND YOUR EYES.
THAT REALLY IS THE BEST WAY TO
MAKE PRECAUTIONS HERE.
WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT
FLORIDA CAN CONDUCT THEIR OWN
TESTING.
BEFORE THEY HAD TO SEND TEST
KITS TO THE CDC IN ATLANTA.
NOW, THERE ARE LABS IN MIAMI,
TAMPA AND JACKSONVILLE.
RESULTS SHOULD BE BACK WITHIN A
DAY OR TWO.
TODAY, THE CITY OF MIAMI, CITY
LEADERS, FINISHED A BRIEFING A
WHILE AGO.
THEY SAY THERE ARE NO CONFIRMED
CASES IN THE CITY OF MIAMI.
THEY DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE BEING
MONITORED EITHER.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN NO ONE IS
BEING MONITORED, THEY JUST HAVE
NOT BEEN TOLD ABOUT IT.
THE MAYOR SAID THEY ARE
HANDLING THIS AS THEY WOULD
STORM PREPARATION.
THEY ARE WORKING WITH EMERGENCY
MANAGERS, THE CDC AND THE STATE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
NOW IS NOT A TIME TO PANIC.
THE CITY OF MIAMI HAS BEEN
ACTIVELY PLANNING FOR THE
POSSIBLE IMPACTS OF CORONAVIRUS
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.
OUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE
WORKING DILIGENTLY TO KEEP
MIAMI AND SAFE.
THEY ARE ALSO WORKING WITH
STATE AND FEDERAL HEALTH
AUTHORITIES TO STAY UP-TO-DATE
ON THIS EVOLVING SITUATION.
Reporter: THE MAYOR ALSO
SAID THAT FIRE RESCUE, THEY
HAVE COME UP WITH PROTOCOLS TO
DEAL WITH ANY SUSPECTED CASES.
THEY ARE ALSO WORKING WITH
LEADERS OF THE ULTRA MUSIC
FESTIVAL, THAT IS A MASS
GATHERING THAT WILL BE HELD
HERE, THAT WILL BE MARCH 20
THROUGH THE 22nd IN MIAMI.
THE CITY SAID IT WILL FOLLOW
THE CDC GUIDELINES FOR MASS
EVENTS.
THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM LEADERS
TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR PLANS