LEFT.

ANYONE WHO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS

GUY IS ASKED TO CALL YUCAIPA

POLICE.

A DEADLY INTERNATIONAL VIRUS

OUTBREAK IS HEALTH OFFICIALS

CROSSING THE WARNING BUTTON.

KCAL 9'S LESLIE MARINA SLIDE AT

THE L.A. COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF

PUBLIC HEALTH IN DOWNTOWN L.A.

WITH WHAT WE HAVE JUST LEARNED.

REPORTER: PUBLIC-HEALTH

OFFICIALS TELL ME IF WE SEE THIS

VIRUS HERE IT'S GOING TO BE WHEN

WE SEE IT REPORTED HERE.

TONIGHT THEY ARE WARNING DOCTORS

ACROSS THE COUNTY ABOUT HOW THE

PREPARE FOR THE CORONA VIRUS

SPREAD SO FAR THE COUNTY IS IN

THE CLEAR THAT THEY DO EXPECT TO

SEE CONFIRMED CASES HERE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET TO VIDEO

IN WUHAN CHINA THE EPICENTER OF

WHERE THE VIRUS BEGAN.

THEY HAVE SUSPENDED TRAVEL ON

ALL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND

THEY HAVE QUARANTINES THE CITY

ONE DAY BEFORE CHINA'S LUNAR NEW

YEAR.

L.A. COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY

THIS NEW STRAIN OF THE CORONA

VIRUS IS NORMALLY SEEN IN

ANIMALS BUT THE CDC BELIEVES THE

VIRUS CAN BE SPREAD PERSON TO

PERSON.

IT'S UNCLEAR HOW EASILY CAN

SPREAD.

AS CDC OFFICIALS ARE TESTING 16

PEOPLE HE HAD CLOSE CONTACT WITH

AN LAX CONTINUES TO HOLD

SCREENINGS FOR PEOPLE TRAVELING

FROM CHINA.

DESPITE NO ONE HAVING BEEN

TESTED AT LAX YET HEALTH

OFFICIALS SAY THEY BELIEVE CASES

WILL START COMING IN.

I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S

INEVITABLE THAT WE HAVE AN

OUTBREAK.

I DO THINK IT'S POSSIBLE

HAVE SOME CASES.

THERE MAY BE A PERSON THAT

STARTED HERE THAT DIDN'T GET

SCREENED AND MAY IN FACT COME

DOWN WITH SYMPTOMS AND WE ARE

PREPARED TO MAKE SURE THAT

PERSON GETS THE TREATMENT THEY

NEED SO THEY CAN SUCCESSFULLY

RECOVER.

REPORTER: YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE

POSSIBLE OUTCOMES OF SOMEONE WHO

MAY HAVE A SEVERE CASE OF THIS

CORONAVIRUS.

THEY INCLUDE PNEUMONIA LIKE

SYMPTOMS KIDNEY FAILURE AND

POSSIBLE DEATH.

ACROSS THE WORLDWIDE 17 PEOPLE

HAVE DIED IN FIVE OTHERS HAVE

BEEN DIAGNOSED.

HEALTH OFFICIALS TONIGHT AGAIN

WARNING PEOPLE IF YOU HAVE

TRAVELED TO CHINA AND YOU DO

FEEL ANY RESPIRATORY INFECTION

LIKE SYMPTOMS THEY ADVISE YOU TO

GO TO YOUR DOCTOR AND IF YOU ARE

FEELING THE SYMPTOMS THEY WANTED

TO CALL AHEAD SO A DOCTOR AND BE