áPRESUMED CASES -- BOTH IN

áEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

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HERE'S THE BIG PICTURE RIGHT

NOW:TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP

VISITED THE CENTERS FOR

DISEASE CONTROL IN ATLANTA.HE

SIGNED AN 8-POINT-3 BILLION

DOLLAR CORONAVIRUS FUNDING

BILL--BUT -- THE U-S DID

COMPLETE ITS GOAL OF A MILLION

CORONAVIRUS TESTS BY THE END

OF THE WEEK.FEARS ABOUT THE

CORONAVIRUS SENT THE MARKETS

áDOWN SHARPLY AGAIN TODAY--

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AND NEW TONIGHT--THE PENGUINS

SAY THEY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING

THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CDC

AND THE NHL -- AND -- THEY

HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH

UPMC ABOUT CORONAVIRUS SAFETY

AND PREVENTION.

PREVENTION.THEIR NEXT GAME IS

TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT HOME -

AGAINST WASHINGTON.

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WE HAVE LIVE TEAM 11 COVERAGE

AT 5--LOOKING AT ALL THE

ANGLES OF THIS BIG STORY-- WE

START WITH CHANNEL 11'S RICK

EARLE ON THE BREAKING NEWS

DESK - RICK?

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THE VIRUS IS INCHING CLOSER TO

THE PITTSBURGH AREA.TWO PEOPLE

IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA HAVE

PRESUMED POSITIVE CASES.BUT

STATE LEADERS SAY THEY'RE

READY.

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we are prepared to respond to

an incident just like this one

STATE LEADERS TRYING TO CALM

NERVES AFTER ANNOUNCING TWO

PRESUMED CONFIRMED CASES OF

CORONAVIRUS IN PENNSYLVANIA.

THE PATIENTS ARE IN WAYNE AND

DELAWARE COUNTIES IN THE

EASTERN PART OF THE STATE.

STATE.they are both at home

they are in isolation or

quarantine and they are in

good physical condition

condition OFFICIALS AREN'T

GIVING SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT

THEM, BUT WE'RE TOLD BOTH

PEOPLE GOT THE VIRUS WHILE TRAVELING.

TRAVELING.right now the

emphasis of the plan is

mitigation tactics to keep

this virus from spreading widely

widelyTHE STATE HEALTH

DEPARTMENT IS NOW FINDING OUT

WHO THE PATIENTS HAVE BEEN IN

CONTACT WITH.IF THOSE PEOPLE

WERE AROUND THE PATIENTS

DURING THE ILLNESSES, THEY

WILL ALSO BE QUARANTINED.BUT A

DOCTOR HERE IN PITTSBURGH TOLD

US THE SPREAD IS INEVITABLE.

INEVITABLE.There's gonna be a

lot of cases for two reasons,

one is that its a very

contagious virus

virusnumber two we're now

testing for it and when you

start testing for any

condition you start making

more and more diagnosesHEALTH

OFFICIALS SAY NOW IS THE TIME

TO PREPARE.

PREPARE.we have to control

spread of disease by what we

do day in day out in daily

livesTHAT MEANS WASHING YOUR

HANDS, COVERING YOUR NOSE AND

MOUTH WHEN YOU SNEEZE OR

COUGH, -- NOT TOUCHING YOUR

FACE -- AND STAYING HOME IF

YOU FEEL SICK.

SICK.

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the confirmation of these

presumed positive cases should

serve as reminder of the role

every pennsylvanian must

continue to play

play

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THE PATIENTS IN EASTERN

PENNSYLVANIA STILL NEED THEIR

RESULTS TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL.AS

SOON AS THAT HAPPENS, WE'LL

LET YOU KNOW.REPORTING FROM

THE BREAKING NEWS DESK, RICK

EARLE, CHANNEL NEWS.

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THERE ARE ALSO CONCERNS ABOUT