AS WE TOLD YOU AT THE TOP...

GOVERNOR DEWINE

AND STATE LEADERS MADE THAT

ANNOUNCEMENT EARLIER TODAY.

COLLEEN:

HE DECLARED A STATE OF

EMERGENCY... WHICH

WILL DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF

HEALTH

TO ISSUE GUIDELINES FOR PRIVATE

BUSINESSES

REGARDING WORK AND TRAVEL

RESTRICTIONS...

AND ALLOWS THE STATE TO

RE-ALLOCATE

PERSONNEL OR FUNDS AS NEEDED.

THE STATE'S HEALTH DIRECTOR SAYS

SHE

PLANS ON TAKING AGGRESSIVE

ACTIONS.

DR. AMY ACTON / DIR. OH DEPT. OF

HEALTH: "THE ACTIONS WE TAKE

TODAY AND IN THE DAYS TO COME

HERE IN OHIO WILL MAKE OUR LIVES

A LITTLE MORE UNCOMFORTABLE, YOU

WILL BE HEARING GUIDANCE ON

TRAVEL ON

VISITING YOUR LOVED ONES, WE

DON'T WANT YOU VISITIN YOUR

LOVED ONES IN A NURSING HOME IF

YOU'RE SICK. IF YOU LIVE WITH

SOMEONE IN ONE OF THESE HIGH

RISK GROUPS. YOU SHOULD TREAT

YOURSELF AND A HOUSEHOLD AS A

VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLD."

COLLEEN:

STATE LEADERS SAY TO STAY

TUNED... AS MORE

INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE WILL BE

RELEASED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

COLLEEN:

ALL THREE OF THOSE CASES ARE

INVOLVING

PEOPLE IN THEIR 50S OUT OF

CUYAHOGA COUNTY.

OUR NEXSTAR STATION IN CLEVELAND

REPORTER

MELISSA REID EXPLAINS HOW ONE OF

THEM IS A

STAFF MEMBER OF A JEWISH

EDUCATION

CENTER.

WITH WHAT SHE'S LEARNED TONIGHT.

MELISSA.

NATS OF JACKSON BEGINNING OF

PRESS CONFERENCE CITY AND COUNTY

LEADERS GATHERED FOR A NEWS

CONFERENCE MONDAY, MOMENTS AFTER

IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THREE

PEOPLE IN

CUYAHOGA COUNTY HAD TESTED

POSITIVE FOR THE

CORONA VIRUS.

2 @ 3.33 THE AGE RANGE IS 54 TO

56, TWO MALES

AND ONE FEMALE

ALL THREE OF THEM QUARANTINED AT

THEIR

HOMES OUTSIDE OF CLEVELAND. ONE

OF THEM IS A JEWISH EDUCATION

CENTER STAFF MEMBER, ACCORDING

TO THE

JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND.

AS A PRECAUTION, THE JEWISH

EDUCATION CENTER OFFICES

ANNOUNCED THEY WILL BE CLOSED

FOR TWO WEEKS, SAYING IN A

STATEMENT,

'IN THE MEANTIME, WE WILL

CONTINUE TO WORK

CLOSELY WITH OUR LOCAL

BENEFICIARY AGENCIES -

AND IN CONCERT WITH THE CUYAHOGA

COUNTY

BOARD OF HEALTH - TO ADDRESS

CONCERNS AND

CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.'

2 @ 4.08 THESE CASES HAVE ALL

HAD... IN

WASHINGTON

SIX CLOSE CONTACTS TO THE

PATIENTS HAVE ALSO

BEEN QUARANTINED AT HOME. THERE

HAVE BEEN NO HOSPITALIZATIONS SO

FAR.

2 @ 6.04 WE HAVE SPECIAL

RESPIRATORY DEVICES...

EXCEED WHAT IS RECOMMENDED FOR

THE CRISIS

ADDITIONALLY, THE OHIO

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

SAYS FIVE PEOPLE IN THE STATE

ARE BEING TESTED FOR POSSIBLE

EXPOSURE TO THE VIRUS AS OF

MONDAY.

2 @ 7.54 NO DECISION ON LARGE

EVENTS YET. WE

ARE GOING TO DO THIS....

COLLEEN:

THE BOARD OF HEALTH IS STILL IN

THE TRACING

INVESTIGATION PROCESS -- WHERE

THEY ARE

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THESE

PATIENTS

WENT AND WHO THEY MAY HAVE CAME

IN CONTACT WITH..

COLLEEN:

SAVING LIVES,

WHILE TAKING ACTION TO STOP THE