LESLEY MARIN "CBS 2 NEWS".

PAT: CALIFORNIA'S REPORTING ITS

FIRST DEATH FROM THE

CORONAVIRUS.

IF THE PERSON IN PLACER COUNTY

WHO TOOK A CRUISE TO MEXICO.

THE LATEST ABOUT TO LATEST ABOUT

THE CONTENT OF ICEBERG GOVERNOR

GAVIN NEWSOM HAS DECLARED A

STATE OF EMERGENCY.

HE SAYS 53 PEOPLE ARE NOW SICK.

AUTHORITIES ARE SCRAMBLING TO

MONITOR PASSENGERS WHO WERE ON

THE CRUISE SHIP IN THIS MORNING

L.A. COUNTY DECLARED A STATE OF

EMERGENCY.

THERE ARE SIX NEW CASES OF THE

CORONAVIRUS IN ACCOUNTING ONE OF

THEM A MEDICAL SCREENER AT LAX.

CBS 2'S RACHEL KIM IS LIVE AT

LAX WITH MORE.

PAT AND JEFF FEDERAL AUTHORITIES

SAY THE MEDICAL SCREENER AT LAX

WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE

CORONAVIRUS IS NOW UNDER SOME

QUARANTINE AT HOME WITH MILD

SYMPTOMS AND IS UNDER MEDICAL

SUPERVISION.

THEIR IMMEDIATE TAMIL CYLINDER

HOME QUARANTINE.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE SCREENER DID

EVERYTHING RIGHT ON THE JOB WHEN

HE BEGAN TO FEEL SICK.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND

SECURITY SAID THEY LAX MEDICAL

SCREENER WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR

CORONAVIRUS SHOWED COLD LIKE

SYMPTOMS THIS PAST SATURDAY TO

THE NEXT DAY THEY WENT TO A

DOCTOR AND RECEIVED A COVID-19

TEST WHICH CAME BACK POSITIVE

FOR THIS PERSON'S LAST SHIFT AT

LAX WAS FEBRUARY 21 MORE THAN A

WEEK BEFORE THEY BEGAN

EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS.

DHS SAID THE PERSON WORLD THAT

CORRECT PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND

TOOK NECESSARY PROTECTIONS ON

THE JOB BUT AT THIS TIME THEY

DID NOT KNOW IF THIS CASE IS A

RESULT OF COMMUNITY SPREAD OR

THROUGH THEIR WORK AS A MEDICAL

SCREENER.

THERE'VE BEEN NO POSITIVE

CORONAVIRUS DETECTIONS DETECTED

AT LAX.

MEETING TODAY THE INTERIM CEO

BALLET WORLD AIRPORT SAID THEY

ARE WORKING WITH CUSTOMS AND

BORDER PROTECTION TO MAKE SURE

THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING PROPER

SCREENING TECHNIQUES.

WE HAVE BEEN SCREENING

PASSENGERS COMING IN FROM CHINA

MAINLY FOR PREVIOUS 14 DAYS FOR

THE SCREENING HAS EXTENDED TO

TRAVELERS WHO

THE LAST 14 DAYS.

MANY TRAVELERS AT LAX WHO HEARD

ABOUT THE

POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS.

DEFINITELY WEARING ABOUT IT

MORE AND MORE BUT WE HOPE THE

PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL

AGENCIES KNOW WHAT THEY ARE

DOING AND THEY ARE PROTECTING US

I WORK IN A HOSPITAL WHERE WE

HAVE TO HAVE INFECTION

PRECAUTIONS 24 PRECAUTIONS 20

FOR SEVEN SO IF YOU FOLLOW THE

RULES YOU BE OKAY.

REPORTER: THE DEPARTMENT OF

HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS THEY ARE