LIKELY PANDEMIC PRO POURINGS. JOINING ME NOW FROM NEW YORK

JOINING ME NOW FROM NEW YORK CITY IS RON ALLEN AND FROM

CITY IS RON ALLEN AND FROM KIRKLAND WASHINGTON, NBC NEWS

KIRKLAND WASHINGTON, NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT GADI SCHWARTZ.

CORRESPONDENT GADI SCHWARTZ. I UNDERSTAND THE FATALITY

I UNDERSTAND THE FATALITY NEIGHBORS HAVE CHANGED IN JUST

NEIGHBORS HAVE CHANGED IN JUST THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES.

THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES. >> YEAH, WE’RE LISTENING TO THE

>> YEAH, WE’RE LISTENING TO THE CONFERENCE CALL WITH CDC AND

CONFERENCE CALL WITH CDC AND HEALTH OFFICIALS HERE IN

HEALTH OFFICIALS HERE IN KIRKLAND.

KIRKLAND. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH IN

IT APPEARS AS THOUGH IN WASHINGTON STATE RIGHT NOW THERE

WASHINGTON STATE RIGHT NOW THERE ARE 14 CONFIRMED CASES, FIVE

ARE 14 CONFIRMED CASES, FIVE DEATHS.

DEATHS. SO A LITTLE BIT EARLIER YOU WERE

SO A LITTLE BIT EARLIER YOU WERE SAYING TWO DEATHS, THAT’S THE

SAYING TWO DEATHS, THAT’S THE LATEST NUMBERS WE HAD IN IT WILL

LATEST NUMBERS WE HAD IN IT WILL JUST MOMENTS AGO, ON THIS

JUST MOMENTS AGO, ON THIS CONFERENCE CALL THEY STARTED

CONFERENCE CALL THEY STARTED GOING THROUGH THE NEW CASES

GOING THROUGH THE NEW CASES THEY’VE SEEN SO FAR.

THEY’VE SEEN SO FAR. THEY LISTED SOME OF THE SAME

THEY LISTED SOME OF THE SAME CASES WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING.

CASES WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING. SOME OF THOSE PATIENTS HAVE

SOME OF THOSE PATIENTS HAVE SINCE PASSED AWAY.

SINCE PASSED AWAY. BUT AGAIN FIVE DEATHS, A TOTAL

BUT AGAIN FIVE DEATHS, A TOTAL OF 14 CASES HERE IN WASHINGTON

OF 14 CASES HERE IN WASHINGTON STATE.

STATE. THEY’VE ALSO BEEN TALKING A

THEY’VE ALSO BEEN TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PREPARATION

LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PREPARATION THAT THEY WANT TO DO AND THE

THAT THEY WANT TO DO AND THE RAMPING UP OF TESTING.

RAMPING UP OF TESTING. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY

ONE OF THE THINGS THEY MENTIONED, THERE ARE PLANS TO

MENTIONED, THERE ARE PLANS TO BUY A PROPERTY THAT IS A MOTEL

BUY A PROPERTY THAT IS A MOTEL AND HOUSE PEOPLE AT THIS MOTEL.

AND HOUSE PEOPLE AT THIS MOTEL. THEY’RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT

THEY’RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT FINALIZED.

FINALIZED. THEY DIDN’T HAVE DETAILTZ ON

THEY DIDN’T HAVE DETAILTZ ON WHERE THAT WOULD BE.

WHERE THAT WOULD BE. THEY WERE HOPING TO FINALIZE

THEY WERE HOPING TO FINALIZE WITHIN THIS WEEK.

WITHIN THIS WEEK. BY THE END OF THE WEEK THEY

BY THE END OF THE WEEK THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF MOTEL

SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF MOTEL WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND BE

WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND BE TREATED FOR THE VOENACORONAVIRUS

TREATED FOR THE VOENACORONAVIRUS THIS SUGGESTS THE NUMBERS ARE

THIS SUGGESTS THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO INCREASE AS MORE

GOING TO INCREASE AS MORE TESTING KITS COME ONLINE.

TESTING KITS COME ONLINE. ONLY FOURN CASES CONFIRMED BUT

ONLY FOURN CASES CONFIRMED BUT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE BEING TESTED.

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE BEING TESTED. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS A

WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THE CORONAVIRUS HAS

POSSIBILITY THE CORONAVIRUS HAS BEEN HERE SPREADING THROUGH TWO

BEEN HERE SPREADING THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES FOR AT --

DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES FOR AT -- POSSIBLY SIX WEEKS.

POSSIBLY SIX WEEKS. THE FIRST KNOWN CASE OF

THE FIRST KNOWN CASE OF CORONAVIRUS WAS RIGHT NEAR IN

CORONAVIRUS WAS RIGHT NEAR IN WASHINGTON STATE.

WASHINGTON STATE. IT WAS BACK IN MID-JANUARY.

IT WAS BACK IN MID-JANUARY. AND THEN SIX WEEKS LATER, A HIGH

AND THEN SIX WEEKS LATER, A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TESTED POSITIVE,

SCHOOL STUDENT TESTED POSITIVE, AND THAT POSITIVE TEST HAD SOME

AND THAT POSITIVE TEST HAD SOME OF THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS OF

OF THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FIRST STRAIN.

THE FIRST STRAIN. SO ESPECIALLY DEEMIOLGISTS AND

SO ESPECIALLY DEEMIOLGISTS AND OFFICIALS ARE NOW TYING ALL OF

OFFICIALS ARE NOW TYING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER.

THIS TOGETHER. AGAIN, 14 CONFIRMED CASES SO

AGAIN, 14 CONFIRMED CASES SO FAR.

FAR. AND FIVE DEATHS.

AND FIVE DEATHS. KATY, BACK TO YOU.

KATY, BACK TO YOU. >> SO 14 CONFIRMED CASES, FIVE

>> SO 14 CONFIRMED CASES, FIVE DEATHS.

DEATHS. AS YOU’VE BEEN SAYING.

AS YOU’VE BEEN SAYING. DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THOSE

DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED?

WHO HAVE PASSED? DID THEY ALL HAVE UNDERLYING

DID THEY ALL HAVE UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS?

HEALTH CONDITIONS? WERE THEY OLDER?

WERE THEY OLDER? FIT THE DESCRIPTION, SPECTRUM OF

FIT THE DESCRIPTION, SPECTRUM OF CONCERN WE’VE BEEN HEARING?

CONCERN WE’VE BEEN HEARING? OR ARE THEY YOUNGER?

OR ARE THEY YOUNGER? OUT OF THE ZONE OF CONCERN,

OUT OF THE ZONE OF CONCERN, GADI?

GADI? >> YEAH.

>> YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW THE INFORMATION IS

SO RIGHT NOW THE INFORMATION IS STILL DEVELOPING.

STILL DEVELOPING. BUT WE KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF

BUT WE KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE FIVE CASES ARE ELDERLY

THOSE FIVE CASES ARE ELDERLY PATIENTS AND PEOPLE THAT HAD

PATIENTS AND PEOPLE THAT HAD UNDERLYING MEDICAL ISSUES.

UNDERLYING MEDICAL ISSUES. AND MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN HERE

AND MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN HERE AT THE HOSPITAL TRYING TO

AT THE HOSPITAL TRYING TO RECOOPERATE.

RECOOPERATE. SOME OF THEM HAVE LASTOST THAT

SOME OF THEM HAVE LASTOST THAT BATTLE UNFORTUNATELY.

BATTLE UNFORTUNATELY. SOME OF THEM WERE ALSO LINKED TO

SOME OF THEM WERE ALSO LINKED TO THAT NURSING HOME THAT IS NEW

THAT NURSING HOME THAT IS NEW BEING THE CENTER OF AN

BEING THE CENTER OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO A POSSIBLE

INVESTIGATION INTO A POSSIBLE OUTBREAK HERE IN KING COUNTY.

OUTBREAK HERE IN KING COUNTY. AGAIN, NONE OF THEM APPEAR TO BE

AGAIN, NONE OF THEM APPEAR TO BE YOUNG.

YOUNG. THEY ALL APPEAR TO BE ELDERLY