FOR DAYS.

NOT 11 AND STREAMING ON

CBSN BAY AREA, CONCERNS ABOUT

THE CORONAVIRUS HITTING HOME

TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING I AM ELIZABETH

COOK.

I'M KEN BASTIDA.

WE HAVE COME CONFIRMED A SMALL

NUMBER OF PATIENTS IN ALAMEDA

COUNTY HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE

ILLNESS THAT HAS FORCED CHINA

TO TAKE SOME EXTREME MEASURES.

KPIX 5 THE ANDREA NAKANO TELLS

US THERE IS NO CONFIRMED CASES

BUT OFFICIALS ARE TAKING

REPORTS ABOUT SYMPTOMS

SERIOUSLY.

Reporter: HERE AT SFO

TONIGHT THERE ARE NO PASSENGERS

ARRIVING FROM WUHAN CHINA,

THAT'S BECAUSE THE ENTIRE CITY

OF WUHAN IS UNDER QUARANTINE,

AND ALL FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN

CANCELED.

BUT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY HEALTH

DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING INTO

WHETHER OR NOT THE VIRUS IS

ALREADY HERE IN THE BAY AREA.

THIS IS THE SCENE AT WUHAN.

MIKE DISINFECTION POINT TO MAKE

THE TRAIN STATION IS TURNING

PEOPLE AWAY TO KEEP THEM FROM

LEAVING THE CITY.

IN ALL, THREE CITIES IN CHINA

ARE BEING WALKED DOWN EFFECTING

AN UNPRECEDENTED EIGHT TEEN

MILLION PEOPLE.

WE SUGGEST TO THEM BY HAVING

A STRONG ACTION, NOT ONLY WILL

THEY WILL CONTROL THE OUTBREAK

IN THEIR COUNTRY, BUT THEY WILL

ALSO MINIMIZE THE CHANCES OF

THIS OUTBREAK SPREADING

INTERNATIONALLY.

Reporter: THE ALAMEDA COUNTY

HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING

INTO WHETHER OR NOT THE VIRUS

MAY HAVE ALREADY SPREAD TO THE

EAST..

HEALTH OFFICIALS CONFIRM

SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TESTED

FOR THE VIRUS BUT NONE OF THEM

HAS COME OUT POSITIVE AT THIS

POINT.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONFIRMED

CASES IN THE BAY AREA THAT I AM

AWARE OF.

THE ONLY ONE OF THEM AWARE OF

IN THE UNITED STATES AND IS IN

WASHINGTON STATE.

Reporter: THE DEATH TOLL HAS

NOW JUMPED TO 25 IN CHINA AND

HAS SICKENED HUNDREDS OF

OTHERS.

OF THE ROUGHLY 10 CASES THAT

ARE BEING INVESTIGATED IN THE

EAST BAY, ONLY A FEW OF THEM

HAVE HAD SAMPLES SENT OUT FOR

TESTING AT THE CDC IN ATLANTA.

THOSE TO HAITIANS ARE UNDER

HOME ISOLATION BUT DOCTOR PONS

SAYS IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY ANY

OF THEM HAS THE CORONAVIRUS.?

WE DO IT IS VERY LOW RISK HERE

IN THE BAY AREA.

BUT THAT WE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH

COMMUNITY AND OUR HEALTHCARE

COMMUNITY ARE WORKING HARD

TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE IF AND

WHEN THIS NOVEL VIRUS COMES TO

THE BAY AREA BUT THAT WE WILL

BE ABLE TO DETECT IT EARLY ON

AND CONTAIN IT.

Reporter: SFO IS ONE OF FIVE

AIRPORTS IN THE COUNTRY

SCREENING PASSENGERS FOR THE

VIRUS.

TRAVELERS WHO ARRIVED FROM

WUHAN BEFORE THE QUARANTINE WAS

PUT INTO PLACE WERE CONTACTED

AND CHECKED FOR FLULIKE

SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE

CORONAVIRUS.

AT SFO, ANDREA NAKANO, KPIX 5.

WE HAVE JUST LEARNED CHINA

IS BUILDING A HOSPITAL

DEDICATED TO TREATING THE

VIRUS.