AND WE NEED TO PREPARE NOW. THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL

THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL SAYS THE CORONAVIRUS COULD SOON

SAYS THE CORONAVIRUS COULD SOON TURN INTO A PANDEMIC, SWEEPING

TURN INTO A PANDEMIC, SWEEPING ACROSS THE GLOBE.

ACROSS THE GLOBE. AND THE U.S. WILL NOT BE IMMUNE.

AND THE U.S. WILL NOT BE IMMUNE. >> IT’S NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION

>> IT’S NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION OF IF THIS WILL HAPPEN ANYMORE,

OF IF THIS WILL HAPPEN ANYMORE, BUT RATHER A QUESTION OF WHEN

BUT RATHER A QUESTION OF WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN AND HOW MANY

THIS WILL HAPPEN AND HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WILL

PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WILL BECOME INFECTED.

BECOME INFECTED. >> Reporter: WITH JUST 57 KNOWN

>> Reporter: WITH JUST 57 KNOWN CASES IN THE U.S., THE CDC SAYS,

CASES IN THE U.S., THE CDC SAYS, THE U.S. RISK IS LOW FOR NOW.

THE U.S. RISK IS LOW FOR NOW. BUT EMPLOYERS AND SCHOOLS SHOULD

BUT EMPLOYERS AND SCHOOLS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO LIMIT TRAVEL AND

BE PREPARED TO LIMIT TRAVEL AND LARGE MEETINGS, ALLOW WORKERS TO

LARGE MEETINGS, ALLOW WORKERS TO TELEWORK, BE READY TO CLOSE

TELEWORK, BE READY TO CLOSE SCHOOLS OR ALLOW INTERNET

SCHOOLS OR ALLOW INTERNET SCHOOLWORK.

SCHOOLWORK. AND HOSPITALS MAY NEED TO DELAY

AND HOSPITALS MAY NEED TO DELAY ELECTIVE SURGERIES.

ELECTIVE SURGERIES. THE VIRUS CONTINUES ITS GLOBAL

THE VIRUS CONTINUES ITS GLOBAL MARCH.

MARCH. FROM CHINA, TO JAPAN, TO SOUTH

FROM CHINA, TO JAPAN, TO SOUTH KOREA, TO SINGAPORE, TO ITALY.

KOREA, TO SINGAPORE, TO ITALY. DESERTED STREETS, EMPTY AIRPORTS

DESERTED STREETS, EMPTY AIRPORTS BUT LONG LINES FOR SURGICAL

BUT LONG LINES FOR SURGICAL MASKS THAT ARE RUNNING LOW.

MASKS THAT ARE RUNNING LOW. THE SPIKE OF CASES IN ITALY,

THE SPIKE OF CASES IN ITALY, LEADING SOME AMERICAN

LEADING SOME AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES TO SUSPEND STUDY

UNIVERSITIES TO SUSPEND STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS.

ABROAD PROGRAMS. IN SOUTH KOREA, THE FIRST U.S.

IN SOUTH KOREA, THE FIRST U.S. SERVICE MEMBER HAS TESTED

SERVICE MEMBER HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.

POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS. THE DIAGNOSIS COMING ONE DAY

THE DIAGNOSIS COMING ONE DAY AFTER THE U.S. AND SOUTH KOREA

AFTER THE U.S. AND SOUTH KOREA ANNOUNCED THEY WERE CONSIDERING

ANNOUNCED THEY WERE CONSIDERING SCALING BACK JOINT MILITARY

SCALING BACK JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES OVER CORONAVIRUS

EXERCISES OVER CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS.

CONCERNS. IN IRAN, THE COUNTRY’S HEALTH

IN IRAN, THE COUNTRY’S HEALTH ANYONE STER,

ANYONE STER, MINISTER WHO HAD SAID THE VIRUS

MINISTER WHO HAD SAID THE VIRUS WAS UNDER CONTROL, SHOWED

WAS UNDER CONTROL, SHOWED SYMPTOMS HIMSELF.

SYMPTOMS HIMSELF. LATER ANNOUNCED HE, TOO, IS

LATER ANNOUNCED HE, TOO, IS SICK.

SICK. WITH A 2% MORTALITY RATE AT THE

WITH A 2% MORTALITY RATE AT THE EPICENTER IN CHINA, THE

EPICENTER IN CHINA, THE CORONAVIRUS SEEMS TO BE DEADLIER

CORONAVIRUS SEEMS TO BE DEADLIER THAN THE SEASONAL FLU.

THAN THE SEASONAL FLU. BUT IN INDIA, PRESIDENT TRUMP

BUT IN INDIA, PRESIDENT TRUMP DOWNPLAYED THE RISK.

DOWNPLAYED THE RISK. >> YOU MAY ASK ABOUT THE

>> YOU MAY ASK ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW,

CORONAVIRUS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, VERY WELL UNDER CONTROL IN OUR

VERY WELL UNDER CONTROL IN OUR COUNTRY.

COUNTRY. >> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE IS

>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE IS ASKING CONGRESS FOR $2.5 BILLION

ASKING CONGRESS FOR $2.5 BILLION IN EMERGENCY FUNDING TO DEAL

IN EMERGENCY FUNDING TO DEAL WITH THE CRISIS, LEADING

WITH THE CRISIS, LEADING DEMOCRATS AND SOME REPUBLICANS

DEMOCRATS AND SOME REPUBLICANS SAYING THAT’S HARDLY ENOUGH.

SAYING THAT’S HARDLY ENOUGH. THIS MORNING, THE WORLD’S EYES