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