WE'VE JUST LEARNED THE FIRST

THAT HERE IN CALIFORNIA

RELATED TO THE CORONAVIRUS WAS

IN CLASS ACCOUNT.

HEALTH OFFICIALS THERE SAY THE

PATIENT HAS RETURNED FROM A

CRUISE TO MEXICO LAST MONTH.

SIX NEW PIECES ARE CONFIRMED

IN LA COUNTY HERE IS JAKE

REINER WITH MORE DETAILS.

ON THE STEPS OUTSIDE OF THE

WHOLE OF ADMINISTRATION.

THIS IS NOT A RESPONSE IN

PANIC.

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND LA

MAYOR DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH

EMERGENCY FOR THE COUNTY AND

CITY OF LOS ANGELES.

WE ARE ANNOUNCING SIX NEW

CASES.

WITH SIX NEW CASES OF

CORONAVIRUS IN LA COUNTY --

SEVEN IN TOTAL.

THAT PERSON HAS FULLY

RECOVERED.

ALL OF OUR CASES ARE LINKED TO

A AND ASSUMED KNOWN EXPOSURE.

THERE IS EXPOSURE TO KNOWN

TRAVELERS COMING FROM AREAS

WHERE THERE IS AN OUTBREAK.

FOR THE PERSON IS A CLOSE

CONTACT WITH THE CONFIRMED

CASE.

WE STILL DON'T HAD KNOWN CASES

COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION.

THIS MEANS INCREASED

TESTING OF THE VIRUS AS NEW

KITS WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE

LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH LAB.

MORE OUTREACH TO SCHOOLS AND

BUSINESSES NEW GUIDELINES.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR

US TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS

NOT SOMETHING GOVERNMENT TO DO

ALONE.

IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IN

OUR PLACES.

WE NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY

FOR SLOWING THE SPREAD OF WHAT

WE KNOW IS HERE AND WILL BE

HERE.

THE SIX NEW CASES ONLY ONE

PERSON HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED

THE FIVE OTHERS ARE AT HOME IN

MONITORED MEDICAL

PROFESSIONALS.

THE CITY OF PASADENA AND LONG

BEACH HAVE ALSO DECLARED

PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES EVEN

THOUGH THERE ARE NO KNOWN

CASES THERE.

YOU SHOULD BE WASHING YOUR

HANDS MORE FREQUENTLY AND FOR

20 SECONDS AT A TIME AND IF

YOU ARE THE SLIGHTEST THAT