MORNING I AM CHRIS WRAGGE.

I AM MARY CALVI.

PANIC IN THE STOCK MARKET AS

THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

INTENSIFIES.

THIS AS THE WORLD HEALTH

ORGANIZATIONS ISSUES NEW

WARNINGS ABOUT THE DEADLY

VIRUS.

JUST OVER AN HOUR AGO THE

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

RAISED ITS RISK ASSESSMENT OF

THE SPREAD AND POTENTIAL

IMPACTS OF THE CORONAVIRUS FROM

HIGH TO VERY HIGH AT A GLOBAL

LEVEL.

HERE AT HOME, A NEW YORKER WHO

JUST RETURNED FROM ITALY IS

SHOWING SYMPTOMS AND BEING

TESTED FOR THE VIRUS.

IT IS TIME TO PREPARE, TIME

TO GET READY, TIME TO ACT.

PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE A REALITY

CHECK.

Reporter: HOSPITALS AND

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ARE

GEARING UP AS THE WORLD HEALTH

ORGANIZATION ANNOUNCES IT IS

TRYING TO KEEP THE VIRUS

CONTAINED.

FACILITIES ACROSS THE WORLD ARE

HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING UP.

OUR DETERMINATION IS THAT

HEALTH SYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLD

ARE NOT READY AND NEED TO BE

BETTER PREPARED.

Reporter: EXPERTS SAY THE

AVERAGE AMERICAN SHOULD BE

GETTING READY WITH TOP

OFFICIALS SAYING THINGS WILL

LIKELY GET WORSE.

THERE WILL BE QUARANTINES IN

THIS COUNTRY.

IT IS NOT IF BUT WHEN AND

WHERE.

WE WILL HAVE TO PREPARE.

Reporter: DOCTOR DAVID EGG

IS SAYS NO THAT YOUR COMPANY

HAS WORK FROM HOME CAPABILITIES

AND BE AWARE THAT YOUR KIDS MAY

HAVE TO SCHOOL AT HOME AND

STOCK UP ON A WEEK WORTH OF DRY

FOOD.

WHAT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF

NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS BEING

SHUT DOWN.

EVEN THOUGH THAT IS

SOMETHING IN OUR BACK POCKET,

WE WOULD THINK LONG AND HARD

BEFORE DISRUPTING THE LIVES OF

NEW YORKERS.

WE DO NOT TAKE THOSE MEASURES

LIGHTLY.

Reporter: THIS AS HEALTH

OFFICIALS IN CALIFORNIA WORK TO

FIGURE OUT HOW A WOMAN THEIR

CONTRACTED THE VIRUS WITH NO

LINK TO FOREIGN TRAVEL.

BOTH HOSPITALS WHERE SHE WAS

TREATED ARE NEAR TRAVIS AIR

FORCE BASE WHERE HUNDREDS OF

AMERICANS WERE QUARANTINED.

OFFICIALS FOUND NO CONNECTION

BETWEEN THE WOMAN AND ANYONE

THERE.

THEY ARE TRYING TO TRACK DOWN

ANYONE SHE HAS BEEN IN CONTACT

WITH.

SHE HAD SYMPTOMS DAYS BEFORE

SHE WAS DIAGNOSED.

THERE WERE MULTIPLE

HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL EXPOSED TO

THE INDIVIDUAL.

SOME OF THEM ARE UNDER

ISOLATION SOME UNDER

QUARANTINED.

Reporter: EXPERTS SAY THERE

IS A LACK OF TESTING KITS BUT

NEXT WEEK THERE SHOULD BE MORE

IN THIS COUNTRY AND MORE

TESTING PLACES.

YOU ARE URGED TO SEE A

HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL

IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVE FLULIKE

SYMPTOMS AND HAVE VISITED ANY

AFFECTED AREAS.

WE EXPECT TO GET RESULTS ON THE

POSSIBLE YORK CITY CASE IN THE

NEXT DAY OR TWO.

FEAR OF THE VIRUS IS MAKING

STOCKS VOLATILE FOR A SEVEN

DAY.

THE DROP HAS PUT THEM ON TRACK