NOW TO THE LATEST ON THE

CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE INFECTED

WITH CORONAVIRUS SURGED BY MORE

THAN 3,000 OVERNIGHT.

EXPERTS FROM THE WORLD HEALTH

ORGANIZATION SAY THE VIRUS IS

AN EPIDEMIC IN CHINA, BUT NOT A

PANDEMIC, MEANING IT HASN'T

REACHED THE EPIDEMIC STAGE IN

OTHER CONTINENTS.

CBS 4'S HILLARY LANE HAS THE

LATEST.

REPORTER: CREWS IN WUHAN,

CHINA ARE WORKING AROUND THE

CLOCK TO FIND SPACE FOR THE

GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH

THE DEADLY CORONAVIRUS.

IN ADDITION TO A NEWLY-BUILT

1,000-BED HOSPITAL, A LOCAL

GYMNASIUM, EXHIBITION CENTER

AND A CULTURAL COMPLEX ARE ALL

BEING CONVERTED INTO MAKESHIFT

HOSPITALS IN THE EPICENTER OF

THE OUTBREAK.

CHINESE OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE

MOBILIZING ALL RESOURCES.

AND WE ARE ALSO DOING

INTENSIVE RESEARCH IN FUNDING

TO DEAL WITH THIS.

REPORTER: IN HONG KONG MORE

THAN 2,000 STRIKING MEDICAL

WORKERS ARE DEMANDING THAT THE

GOVERNMENT CLOSE ITS BORDER

WITH CHINA.

HONG KONG NOW HAS ONE CONFIRMED

DEATH AND AT LEAST 15 CASES OF

THE VIRUS.

MORE CASES ARE EXPECTED.

THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT RISK

OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION IN

HONG KONG.

REPORTER: IN THE U.S.

OFFICIALS HAVE IDENTIFIED A

SECOND CASE OF HUMAN-TO-HUMAN

TRANSMISSION, THIS TIME IN

CALIFORNIA.

THE CDC IS CURRENTLY MONITORING

82 PEOPLE FOR POTENTIAL

INFECTION.

IT SEEMS THAT THE VIRUS

SPREADS FAIRLY EASILY WHEN

YOU'RE NOT ISOLATING CASES

QUICKLY.

REPORTER: THE U.S.

GOVERNMENT IS MAKING NEARLY 250

MILLION IN EMERGENCY FUNDS

AVAILABLE.