THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID

TODAY THE C-D-C WIDENED ITS

DEFINITION FOR A "PERSON UNDER

INVESTIGATION."

WHEN TO ALERT THE STATE ABOUT A

SUSPECTED CASE BY

FILLING OUT A "PERSON UNDER

INVESTIGATION" FORM.

IT'S SOMETHING "ALWAYS

INVESTIGATING" HAS BEEN ASKING

ABOUT.

THE NEW DEFINITION NOW INCLUDES

TRAVEL TO PLACES OTHER THAN

CHINA.

AND AFTER SEVERAL DELAYS, THE

STATE WILL SOON BE ABLE TO TEST

FOR CORNAVIRUS RIGHT HERE,

WITHOUT SENDING SAMPLES TO

ATLANTA.

DR SARAH PARK, STATE

EPIDEMIOLOGIST: WE HAVE THE

COMPONENT OF THE TEST KIT

ALREADY IN THE STATE AND THEY

SAID WE START

WHAT'S CALLED THE VERIFICATION

PROCESS NOW SO THAT IT'S HOPEFUL

WE WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO HAVE

THAT TESTING CAPACITY AS EARLY

AS NEXT

WEEK.

OUTSIDE OF HAWAII, JAPAN

ANNOUNCED IT IS CLOSING SCHOOLS